Hi Everybody!
This is stuff I learned while I waited to see if the storm that hit Washington State would make my toilet overflow…
First of all here some pictures of some flooding from around Mountlake Terrace, Washington…I didn’t take them- I pulled them from HERE
They look dramatic but I should say these shots are in ‘hollows’ and that the areas shown aren’t huge…but if it’s your car or apartment pictured here then it probably feels like your entire world is under water.
We didn’t get any flooding near my house- unless you count the ‘accidents’ three of my cats had because they refused to go outside to use the bathroom during the storm(s).
Well two of them had accidents-
Meet Blitzer
( he’s the third cat )
Blitzer drank water non-stop
ON PURPOSE…don’t ask me how I know, I just do.
I also learned this great expression ( as I worried about my plumbing )
To chuck a sickie:
It’s a saying they use in Australia.
It means to take a day off sick from work when you are fine.
My goal is to use this phrase at least once a day for a week. I’ll let you know how it goes.
According to my post rankings ( which briefly distacted me from my Sewer Fears ) I learned that my readers- pictured below-
( oh come on…where’s your sense of humor? )
are into Alcohol, Exorcisms and Bruce Campbell…though some of you seem to be flirting with David Tennant ( traitors! )
and here’s what I learned about Politics ( which brought me straight back to thinking about my toilet ) : This Louis Black On Homeland Security… 🙂 He says it’s all about duct tape and Electro Shock Therapy. I did NOT know that.
I’ll be darned.
Warning…nasty words alert- careful where you play this!
So that was what I learned…and thanks for asking- no my toilet did not overflow.
YAY!
Irregular Bones 
Black is hilarious. I know him from the Daily Show which I am having withdrawals from right now.
Thanks for the laugh.
Awww. Look at Blitzer.
You’re welcome Kitty- I know – I’ve heard it all my life- I’m funny ( wait a minute…)
I’d say take a good look at Blitzer Max cause he’s the first cat destined to be featured on ” America’s Most Wanted “
Oh you have not been keeping up he was on last week.
Wait. Was that supposed to be a secret?
[psst you looked good blitzer]
Now that explains the heavy Clergy and Law Enforcement present on my street…at the same time…
I have GOT to start watching more TV.
Blitzer says Meow.
(scribbling) “c-h-u-c-k a s-i-c-k-i-e” I love these vocabulary building posts, AM. Must use this one.
Lori…we have to use it on Heather!
Like how? We tell her we’re chucking a sickie and then don’t post for 3 days? Can you use it as a verb?
We can’t tell her we’re chucking a sickie- so like we can say:
Dear Heather can’t post for a few days I, um,sprained both my hands saving orphans from a fire.
Then we go out and sit around and drink Italian Sodas with extra whipping cream.
That’s chucking a sickie.
I’m going to have Strawberry Italian Sodas on the brain tonight.
Will morning ever come?
So, when Heather does my annual Soul Food Cafe merit review she writes “Lori has chucked sickies 12 times during this review cycle. Disciplinary actions were required.” I get it now.
I wonder what she’d write on YOUR review. 🙂
She wouldn’t write it.
She’d draw a picture of a raven laying on it’s back with it’s wings folded close to it’s body and it would be….
Laughing hysterically.
I really shouldn’t have devoted 8 minutes to watching the youtube but it was hilarious
nursemyra lives and works in australia but she never chucks a sickie. (might miss something to blog about 🙂
That’s okay Nurse Myra- I’ve devoted eight minutes of my life to a lot less then youtube…but Louis Black?
I always consider time well spent on Mr Black