#136 Mr. Lucky!

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I’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately and I blame Mother Nature. She’s decided that she doesn’t want anyone living in my part of the country any more, so she’s taken a page from the Slum Lord play book and is trying to run us all out by making the area uninhabitable. Slum Lords generally try underhanded tactics like turning off the heat or electricity so the building is cold and dark. Mother Nature has pummeled us with several thousand tons of snow so the state is cold and dark.

Less hardy souls might be tempted to move, but not me. I’ve decided to stay and fight. If you’d like to simulate my experience of living in a winter wonderland, try this simple experiment.

Go to the store and buy the biggest box of instant mashed potato flakes you can find. Dump the entire box into a tea cup. Clean up the mess using a sugar spoon while somebody periodically pours crushed ice down the back of your shirt. When you’re almost done, send your friend to the store for two or three more big boxes of potato flakes.

Really……

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NOTES: 

• As promised, the link below will take you to the “Stick Figures in Peril” photo pool on Flickr. (Be warned: Some of these are in dubious taste, but nearly all of them are hilarious.)
  http://tinyurl.com/zzbys