I'm back....

Sorry for the long delay to BlogLand and for the cliff hanger in the last post!  It's not the big mystery it turned out to be, it's mostly all about hitting the wrong button... but I'll have more about that in the next post...

I wanted to take a minute and wish you the best on this Memorial Day.  I love Memorial Day.  When I was young, every year we'd drive to my Grandparent's house in Wolbach - a very small town in Nebraska - for the week end.  My dad's parents lived on the main street of the town, just at the intersection where the Memorial Day parade would turn off Main to march to the cemetery for the  big Memorial Day service.  But it was the parade that I always remember.  The Wolbach High School band would play and all the service men and women - from World War I and beyond - would march in formation, Old Glory waving from those in the parade and those on the curb watching.  We kids would get to wave those little flags on a stick and we thought it was great fun.

So, in the spirit of flag waving and good old American patriotism, here's a little something I've been saving for just the right time.  I hope you like it....

You could have heard a pin drop…

When in England, at a fairly large conference, Colin Powell was asked by the Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were just an example of "empire building" by George Bush.  He answered by saying, "Over the years, the United States has sent many of its fine young men and women into great peril to fight for freedom beyond our borders.  The only amount of land we have ever asked for in return is enough to bury those that did not return."

You could have heard a pin drop.

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There was a conference in France where a number of international engineers were taking part, including French and American. During a break, one of the French engineers came back into the room saying "Have you heard the latest dumb stunt Bush has done?  He has sent an aircraft carrier to Indonesia to help the tsunami victims. What does he intended to do, bomb them?"  A Boeing engineer stood up and replied quietly: "Our carriers have three hospitals on board that can treat several hundred people; they are nuclear powered and can supply emergency electrical power to shore facilities; they have three cafeterias with the capacity to feed 3,000 people three meals a day, they can produce several thousand gallons of fresh water from sea water each day, and they carry half a dozen helicopters for use in transporting victims and injured to and from their flight deck. We have eleven such ships; how many does France have?"

You could have heard a pin drop.

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A U.S. Navy Admiral was attending a naval conference that included Admirals from the U.S., English, Canadian, Australian and French Navies. At a cocktail reception, he found himself standing with a large group of Officers that included personnel from most of those countries.  Everyone was chatting away in English as they sipped their drinks but a French admiral suddenly complained that, whereas Europeans learn many languages, Americans learn only English.  He then asked, "Why is it that we always have to speak English in these conferences rather than speaking French?"  Without hesitating, the American Admiral replied "Maybe it's because the Brits, Canadians, Aussies and Americans arranged it so you wouldn't have to speak German."

You could have heard a pin drop.

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AND THIS STORY FITS RIGHT IN WITH THE ABOVE... 

Robert Whiting, an elderly gentleman of 83, arrived in Paris by plane.  At French Customs, he took a few minutes to locate his passport in his carry on.  "You have been to France before, monsieur?" the customs officer asked sarcastically.  Mr. Whiting admitted that he had been to France previously.  "Then you should know enough to have your passport ready.  "The American said, "The last time I was here, I didn't have to show it.  "Impossible. Americans always have to show your passports on arrival in France!"  The American senior gave the Frenchman a long hard look.  Then he quietly explained, "Well, when I came ashore at Omaha Beach on D-Day in 1944 to help liberate this country, I couldn't find a single Frenchmen to show a passport to."

You could have heard a pin drop.

Happy Memorial Day...

 
 

Comments

[Brenda]

I hope everyone had a wonderful Memorial day and remembered the ones who fought for us.

Glad you are back, I wanted to tell you I am taking the piecing class with Lori and she is so much fun and has some much information to give us, I don't know how I am going to get it all but I am sure with her helping to keep us on track we all will do wonderful hopefully we will have something wonderful to show you. Great class can't believe how quick the time goes want to spend the whole night working. LOL

Give Lori a big thumbs up!!!!!!!!!

[Deb Cizek]

Brenda,

Thanks for the wonderful email! Im glad youre enjoying the beginning piecing class and learning a lot. Youre right... Lori is a great teacher! Im really lucky to have her in the shop and teaching beginning piecing, and she is really fun too! Sounds like the quilt bug may have bitten you, too??? Good for you! :)

Deb