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May 28, 2010

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Today's theme is "oops!"

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My kindergarten teacher had a cat named Oops, solid black with a white O on his chest.

She lived next to a maple tree farm, and every year she took classes there to see how syrup was made.

Oops wandered around the woods, but the moment he spotted a class coming through, he'd run off and hide.

That was over thirty years ago, and the teacher is long gone.

The maple syrup farm is gone too, but the trees remain.

A black shadow crosses my path.

After all these years, how can…

I see two glowing red eyes. And…

Oops!

Posted by: Laurence Simon at May 28, 2010 9:38 AM · Permalink

"You wanted to see me, Mr. President?"

"Yes, Gordon. Have a seat."

"Thank you, Sir. Wow. What a day, huh?"

"That's putting it mildly, Gordon, wouldn't you say?"

"I... yes, yes it is."

"Now, would you mind explaining to me -- and the Joint Chiefs of Staff sitting around you -- how this happened, exactly?"

"Well, Sir -- I mean, Sirs --, I never realized how much that red button resembles the green one."

"You're telling me that we've launched fifteen nuclear warheads at North Korea because you might be color-blind?"

"Honestly, Sir? It never came up until now."

Posted by: Chamomiles Davis at May 30, 2010 12:08 AM · Permalink