Dec 202007
 

Driving in San Luis Obispo (SLO) along the Los Osos Valley Road (LOVR) – we have the cutest acronyms in the world around here – I found myself behind one of the pumptrucks of Al’s Pumping Co., kind of our equivalent to Rothschild’s Sewage and Septic Sucking Services of Possum Lake, Canada.logo.gif

Now I appreciate ANY business with a sense of humor (as long as they’re not laughing all the way to the bank with MY money), and Al has a great sense of humor as you can see from this logo from his website!

But what made me LOL on the road was painted on the back of the tank-a-truck, a design made to look like a California license plate with the message: SHT2GO. Obviously Al had requested that as a custom plate and the DMV told him “SHT NO!”, so he did the next best thing. California: Where We Shield the Little Innocents from 4-Letter Words by Making Them 3-Letter Words. W.T.F.

Dec 192007
 

The latest rambling bloggery from America’s Most Deserving Quiz Show Millionaire Ken Jennings touches on several of my favorite hot buttons. (Oooh, that tickles!) First the title, which is an accurate quote from his song “(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes”. Which is pretty good, because I was foolish enough to purchase and display a bumper sticker in the ’80s that said “I USED TO BE DISGUSTED / NOW I’M JUST AMUSED” which I am now rather ashamed of. Continue reading »