Giant Bees!

[phosfate]

I just used the word "hummer" to the Post Office guy, and I wasn't talking about the car. In my defense, he was trying to make the case that Clinton's in-office crimes were comparable to those of Richard Nixon. I pointed out that subverting the Constitution and advocating the murder of citizens who disagreed with his policies was hardly on a par with unpaid oral sex, and could I please have my stamp?

I mention the incident because it's the second time in three or four days I've had to use the word. The other day when the mail came, Mom got a card with a sample of Humvee brand perfume. Or cologne. Or whatever the hell it is. Apparently diesel is the new aphrodesiac.

She offered me the card. "You want a Hummer?" she said. I busted up laughing. Then she just had to ask why.

Nobody should ever have to explain the concept of a hum job to their 82-year-old mother.

Comments

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

http://www.cybertardis.com/scribbles/Dragnet06s.jpg

Sharon drew me a spiff Dragnet Christmas Comic of Moral Support, and made me an icon from the last panel. It's me screaming, as generally requested annually by the Nieces.

I don't know about the cactus. I think she just likes drawing cacti.

[ahli.livejournal.com]

I always thought that cartoon had really ginormous lips but now I get that it's an open, screaming mouth. Wow. *goes away now*

[thistlethorn.livejournal.com]

I thought that, too. I mean, I could understand that it was Ann and she was screaming that someone had Ruined Christmas, but the whole mouth thing -- it must be like one of those vases/face silhouettes optical thingies.