THE POST TURTLE
Bahia de Caraquez, Ecuador, Sunday, 28 September 2008
While suturing a cut on the hand of a 75 year old rancher who's hand was caught in the gate while working cattle, the doctor struck up a conversation with the old man. Eventually the topic got around to Palin and her bid.
The old rancher said, "Well, ya know, Palin is a 'Post Turtle'".
Not being familiar with the term, the doctor asked him what a 'post turtle' was.
The old rancher said, "When you're driving down a country road you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top - that's a 'post turtle".
The old rancher saw the puzzled look on the doctor's face so he continued to explain. "You know she didn't get up there by herself, she doesn't belong up there, and she doesn't know what to do while she's up there, and you just wonder what kind of dummy put her up there to begin with".
posted by rjb @ Sunday, September 28, 2008
2 Comments:
At Monday, October 13, 2008 2:39:00 am,
Anonymous said…
Interesting: I wondered how long black iron tanks would last. Now I know.
How did you eventually repair the top of the mast? Curious to know.
Joe May
At Monday, October 13, 2008 12:11:00 pm,
rjb said…
Yupp! got the mast fixed. Check back in teh archives to about June 2007; I worte some blogs and made swome phtos. The guy who helped me did a super job and things are looking good. A long, long process for all parts of the job except the actual woodworking, though.
Today we are pressure-tsting hte first of the tanks. They look really good from teh outside, at least.
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