Quote for the Day 1/21/08

At a family gathering, when the conversation turned to the hazardous things people have done on hayrides, riding on truck beds, etc., surprisingly, without loss of life or limb. . . .

Rhoda (recounting a time when she and her children clambered onto the back of the pickup her husband Myron was preparing to drive): I had my one foot on the bumper and my other foot halfway over the top of the tailgate when he took off. And you know, when your one foot is up like that, there's just not a whole lot there for you.

Me or Someone Else: What happened?

Rhoda: I tumbled backwards onto the ground. Myron thought everyone was already on, and he took off slowly and just left me behind.

Lowell: At least you had the foresight to do that where the neighbors could see you.

Rhoda: That's right. One of our neighbors was coming along on a bike and saw everything. She was pretty worried and got to see my laughing and crying. . . .


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At the teacher's gathering on Saturday:

Lowell (donning a mammoth pair of yellow, plastic-framed sunglasses, roughly a foot across--one of a series he tried on for the audience, illustrating how we look at truth and life through "world view" lenses): Now this pair has not been as carefully fitted as some. . . .

A whale of an understatement.

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Tonight Lowell and Judy and Joseph brought over their aquarium fish for us to take care of while they spend the next five weeks with Judy's parents in Costa Rica. One of the fish appeared more dead than alive. Lowell's explanation:

"He dived out onto the dining room floor while Joey was moving him into the jar. It looks like he didn't quite get acclimated in time."

Another understatement.