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Popcorn, Anybody?
People munching popcorn near me
Tense my nerves and sorely try me.
They interrupt my movie viewing,
And not by noises made while chewing.
No, not by bag or carton scuttling
Back and forth, forever shuttling;
Although the intermission's past,
What makes me, gulping, rise at last
And leave my seat, like cast-off jetsam,
Is that I, too, must go and get some. .
Richard Armour
A little mink died and went to heaven.
He created quite a stir since nobody
knew quite what a mink wanted in
heaven. "Until we get straightened out,"
said an angel, "you can have anything
you've ever wanted. Just name it."
"Please, sir," the mink said plain
tively, "could I have a full-length coat
of movie actresses?" ' John Luner
The motorist came to a dead stop at
the sight before him. A beautiful, wild
eyed blonde was running along the high
way, followed by three uniformed men.
The girl and two of the men disappeared
over the hill, but the third man lagged
behind, weighed down by a heavy sack
of sand on his shoulders.
The motorist pulled alongside and
asfced: "What the devil was that?"
"We're guards from the local asylum,"
panted the third man, "trying to catch
that blonde who escaped."
"But why the bag of sand on your
shoulders?"
"That's my handicap," the guard said.
"I caught her last week."
Lullaby to a Mother
When he was little,
Good as gold,
He went to hed
When he was told,
Fell asleep
'Twixl yawn and yawn
And woke me
At the crack of dawn.
Now he's grown
To man's estate,
He lies abed
As late as late.
Still I'm sleepless,
Haggard, thin ...
-Waiting up
Till he gets in!
Eunice Landfield
Family Weekly, December IS. I960
And Good Will Toward Men
(Except George Merkle)
This will come as a blow to the local elec
tric company, but I am not entering the
Neighbors' Outdoor Christmas-Lighting Con
test this year. The company can just give its
$10 prize to George Merkle as far as I'm con
cerned him and his unfair tactics, to put the
matter in its most charitable light.
I had just outlined my house in lavender
bulbs, a most striking effect, when Merkle
across the street strung up mauve and coral
ones that flashed on and off. In the spirit of
neighborly competition, I countered with
green garlands festooned around our fence
posts, and painted "Season's Greetings" in
glittering gold on the garage.
When I turned around, there was Merkle
with candles in every window of his house,
and on his roof was a display of Santa Claus'
sleigh and reindeer. All this illuminated by
yellow floodlights. Fighting spirit aroused, I
retaliated with a pair of huge Christmas trees
with hundreds of twinkling lights. "Top that!"
I shouted at Merkle.
"Top this1." Merkle boomed through a loud
speaker system strapped to his chimney.
Then came the sound of carols. The judging
committee was due in an hour, so I raced
up a ladder, bent on setting up a huge mobile
of an angel. But after a few minutes, I no
ticed the ladder had been mysteriously re
moved. I was stranded. I yelled for help, of
course, but Merkle merely turned up the
volume of his Christmas carols.
When the committee drove by, they saw a
fully illuminated me angrily shaking my fist
at Merkle. I later read the committee's
report:
"Mr. Emmons: A most spectacular display:
but not sufficiently in keeping with the spirit
of peace on earth."
Dick Emmons
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'My parents gave me an unbreakable toy."