Gee whiz. To gauge from your response to Thursday’s column about human consumption of horsemeat, quite a few of you have at some point have had a few bites out of good old Trigger or your friend Flicka.
Well, to each his own.
Now, a personal note:
Gary, if playing softball at your age means you end up in the hospital with a fractured skull, maybe it’s time to think about stamp collecting or something like that. OK?
Now, down to today’s business, such as it is.
My husband and I have been having this discussion regarding the town of Peoria. I say it’s in the West Valley, he says it’s in the East Valley. Which is it?
I know I’ve said this before, but in this case I think it bears repeating:
I don’t know where you women find these guys. Don’t you ask your mothers for advice first? You know she would have told you that you could do better.
Show him the map. Peoria is in the western part of the metropolitan area.
Geez.
Next question:
I have a situation with our desert-landscaped front yard. In the past few months, we have noticed small holes in the gravel. Our immediate reaction was to fill up the holes. The holes appeared again within a few days. The other day I saw a long-billed grayish bird working very hard at the gravel. What kind of bird does this? How can I discourage this?
Long-billed? It sounds like a brown thrasher or something like that. I don’t know. It’s probably just looking for bugs or something. Leave it alone. How hard can it be to rake the gravel smooth again and let the bird start over?
C’mon lady, it’s the holidays. Live and let live.
How did the word “skinny” come to mean the facts or the real story?
This is what the Online Etymology Dictionary has to say about that:
“In the sense of ‘the truth’ it is World War II military slang, perhaps from the notion of the ‘naked’ truth.”
OK, I’m going to take some time off. I’ll be using this time around the holidays to work on my eating skills. My napping techniques can use a little fine-tuning, too. I’ll be back on the 24th. Don’t do anything rash before then, OK?
Reach Thompson at clay.thompson@arizonarepublic.com or (602) 444-8612.
*Clay Thompson writes for The Arizona Republic. To read his column, go to www.azcentral.com
I read you everyday and when your not there, something is missing in my life. My question is, How come most of the baseball players spit and no other sport does? It is germ ridden and discusting.