There was a nice semi-Victorian house in my home town that was not only painted an attractive shade, but also had a lot of paving in the yard that would reduce the amount of care needed. I saw the owner, an old woman named Ida, in her yard one day and congratulated her on it. She said it was still too much mowing.
I went for a boring life. I live in a place that isn’t prone to floods, isn’t prone to earthquakes, isn’t prone to tornadoes, isn’t prone to forest fires and is too far from the coast to get hurricanes. We even have underground lines, so our power doesn’t go out in high wind or ice storms. The last real disaster we had was when some idiots voted for and re-elected Kwame Kilpatrick to be mayor. Fortunately, he is now serving a 28 year Federal sentence.
People in California keep building on the edges of cliffs, near earthquake faults, on top of muddy hillsides and in the middle of umpteen square miles of Flammable Everything.
The only mistakes they’ve managed to avoid is putting up the World’s Tallest Condo Tower or anything with Trump’s name on it.
Of course, that last may be why he keeps declaring War on California: They turned him down when he wanted to buy the Naming Rights to Hollywood.
BE THIS GUY almost 5 years ago
And the fools will rebuild again after this fire.
Watcher almost 5 years ago
You’ll get a new house Boopsie so there is an upside.
For a Just and Peaceful World almost 5 years ago
@ Australian readers: Our thoughts are with you in your current difficulties.
Kabana_Bhoy almost 5 years ago
If she only had a rake. My bad, this happened pre-BLOTUS.
TerryBardy almost 5 years ago
Pave paradise and put up a parking lot!
Bruce388 almost 5 years ago
“CNN interviews a guy whose house is flooded and he’s just as surprised as he was last year.” — Comedian Kathleen Madigan
Kip W almost 5 years ago
There was a nice semi-Victorian house in my home town that was not only painted an attractive shade, but also had a lot of paving in the yard that would reduce the amount of care needed. I saw the owner, an old woman named Ida, in her yard one day and congratulated her on it. She said it was still too much mowing.
FionaMessenger almost 5 years ago
The 11th commandment. Thou shalt pave over thy backyard.
Airbender almost 5 years ago
I went for a boring life. I live in a place that isn’t prone to floods, isn’t prone to earthquakes, isn’t prone to tornadoes, isn’t prone to forest fires and is too far from the coast to get hurricanes. We even have underground lines, so our power doesn’t go out in high wind or ice storms. The last real disaster we had was when some idiots voted for and re-elected Kwame Kilpatrick to be mayor. Fortunately, he is now serving a 28 year Federal sentence.
bakana almost 5 years ago
People in California keep building on the edges of cliffs, near earthquake faults, on top of muddy hillsides and in the middle of umpteen square miles of Flammable Everything.
The only mistakes they’ve managed to avoid is putting up the World’s Tallest Condo Tower or anything with Trump’s name on it.
Of course, that last may be why he keeps declaring War on California: They turned him down when he wanted to buy the Naming Rights to Hollywood.
PaulKmecak almost 5 years ago
Rerun strips should evoke the warm glow of a happy trip down Memory Lane and not be so gawddam relevant.