OLD AGE & POLITICS;BLOG #2051;SEP 23,2016

THE MESSAGE:

ON GETTING OLD

HI, MY NAME IS MARY

HAVE YOU EVER LOOKED AT OTHERS YOUR OWN AGE AND THOUGT, SURELY I CAN'T LOOK THAT OLD?

Yesterday I was sitting in the waiting room for my first appointment with a new dentist. I noticed his diploma on the wall and remembered a tall, handsome, dark-haired boy, with the same name, who had been in my high school class some 30-odd years ago. 

COULD HE BE THE SAME GUY THAT I HAD A SECRET CRUSH ON, WAY BACK THEN? I WONDERED. 

Upon seeing him, however, I quickly discarded any such thought. This balding, grey-haired man with the deeply lined face was way too old to have been my classmate! 

After the examination, my curiosity prevailed. I asked the dentist if he had attended Fenelon Falls High School. 

"Yes. yes I did! I''m a Falcon!"   He exclaimed with pride. 

"When did you graduate from FFSS?"  I asked. 

He answered, "In 1965. Why do you ask?"

'You were in my class!', I exclaimed. 

He looked at me closely. Then, that UGLY, OLD, BALDING, WRINKLEY- FACED, FAT-ASSED, GRAY-HAIRED, DECREPIT, MISERABLE, SON-OF-A-BITCH  

asked... 

"WHAT DID YOU TEACH?”

ON POLITICS

GUNS

If a Conservative doesn't like guns, he doesn't buy one.

A Liberal who doesn't like guns, wants all guns outlawed.

Justin Trudeau smiles and says,"Uh, what's the harm?

Trump says, " Forget the wall. Shoot all immigrants!"

Hillary says, "Shoot I have to baby sit my daughter"

DIET

If a Conservative is a vegetarian, he doesn't eat meat.

 
If a Liberal is a vegetarian, he wants all meat products banned for everyone.

 

Justin Trudeau says, "Give free meat to the First Nations people."

Trump goes fishing in Suzuki's pond.

Hillary says, "Let them eat cake."

BELIEFS
If a Conservative is a non-believer, he doesn't go to church.

 
A Liberal non-believer wants any mention of God and religion silenced.

 

Justin Trudeau says, "Canada is back" and calls for Religious Unity where Christians, Muslims, Jews, Buddhists, Taoists, Mormons, Amish and sects of all kinds, join together and come up with a compromise. He pledges billions of government money to make it happen.

Trump says, "I have many friends who are all of them beliefs. They are all good folks!"

Hillary says, "Me too, and I love black people!"

POVERTY

If a Conservative is down-and-out, he thinks about how to better his situation.

If a Liberal is down-and-out ......she isn't really a Liberal.

If an NDP is down and out he asks everyone else to collect money for him.

Justin Trudeau asks, "Hey daddy, uh I know uh what down is but uh what's out?"

Trump says, "I'm ok I got a small loan of $1M from my dad."

Hillary just laughs and says, "Really?"

THE QUESTION: 

If you were a U.S. citizen, would you vote in November?

THE LEMON:

To the 'Black Swan' who invades the lives of people bringing terrible events into their realities. 

THE QUOTE:

“If you want to get an idea of a friend's temperament, ethics, and personal elegance, you need to look at him under the tests of severe circumstances, not under the regular rosy glow of daily life.” 

― Nassim Nicholas Taleb

THE CLIP: