{"id":8168,"date":"2018-08-20T08:15:40","date_gmt":"2018-08-20T12:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=8168"},"modified":"2018-08-18T09:34:38","modified_gmt":"2018-08-18T13:34:38","slug":"ponder-isms-for-a-monday-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=8168","title":{"rendered":"Ponder-isms for a Monday morning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>1\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0I used to eat a lot of natural foods until I learned that\u00a0most people die of natural causes.<\/p>\n<p>2\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0There are two kinds of pedestrians: the quick\u00a0and the dead.<\/p>\n<p>3\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Life is sexually transmitted.<\/p>\n<p>4\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Healthy is merely the slowest possible rate at\u00a0which one can die.<\/p>\n<p>5\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0The only difference between a rut and a grave is the depth.<\/p>\n<p>6\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday,\u00a0lying in hospitals dying of nothing.<\/p>\n<p>7\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Have you noticed since everyone has a camcorder these days no one talks about seeing UFOs like they used to?<\/p>\n<p>8\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again.<\/p>\n<p>9\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism.<\/p>\n<p>10\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0In the 60&#8217;s, people took acid to make the world weird.\u00a0 Now the world is weird and people take Prozac to make it\u00a0normal.<\/p>\n<p>11\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0How is it one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire?<\/p>\n<p>12\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Who was the first person to look at a cow and say,\u00a0&#8216;I think I&#8217;ll squeeze these dangly things\u00a0and drink whatever\u00a0comes out?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>13\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why is there a song about him?<\/p>\n<p>14\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Why does your OB-GYN leave the room when you\u00a0get undressed if they are going to look up there anyway?<\/p>\n<p>15\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0If quizzes are quizzical, what are tests?<\/p>\n<p>16\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is\u00a0made from vegetables, then what is baby oil made from?<\/p>\n<p>17\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Do illiterate people get the full effect of Alphabet Soup?<\/p>\n<p>18\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Does pushing the elevator button more than once make\u00a0it arrive faster?<\/p>\n<p>19\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Why doesn&#8217;t glue stick to the inside of the bottle?<\/p>\n<p>20\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Do you ever wonder why you gave me your email\u00a0address?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>(ed. &#8211; Thank you to our friend Dick Inwood for providing this diversion. These are also great questions to ask on humpday, to help you get through, or on a Friday afternoon when you are watching the clock.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Chris George, providing reliable PR counsel and effective advocacy. Need a go-to writer or experienced communicator? 613-983-0801 @<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/cgacommunications.com\/m\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CG&amp;A COMMUNICATIONS<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0I used to eat a lot of natural foods until I learned that\u00a0most people die of natural causes. 2\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0There are two kinds of pedestrians: the quick\u00a0and the dead. 3\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Life is sexually transmitted. 4\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Healthy is merely the slowest possible rate at\u00a0which one can die. 5\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0The only difference between a rut and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[46,49],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8168"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8168"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9840,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8168\/revisions\/9840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}