What I am having a pleasant time learning, is that Grandchildren will listen to what ever Grandpa has to say. So. I do feel some responsibility to speak something close to the truth, even when I am telling stories.
At some point during every freshman geology class, some wisenhimer will pick up a specimen for identification, look at it intently, and then announce “yep, that’s definitely a rock”.
And then there was the time Ferdinand Feghoot went on a camping trip with a group of Hollywood celebrities including Lee Marvin and Patty Duke. When they were about as far from civilization as they would ever get, Ms. Duke realized to her horror that she had forgotten the medication to control her bipolar disorder. Feghoot responded by noting that he had, as was his custom, brought along a miniature chemical laboratory and could extract lithium from a suitable source. “But where,” he mused, “Can we find some ore?” Then he was seized by a sudden inspiration and rushed over to one of the coolers holding liquid refreshments for the campers. Rummaging through the contents of the cooler, he extracted a can with a shout of joy. He handed the can to Lee Marvin and ordered, “Drink this”. Marvin protested that he only drank real beer, not the ‘swill’, as he referred to it, in the can, but Feghoot turned to the others and announced, “All he has to do is consume this can and in a half hour or so we’ll have lepidolite”.
Llewellenbruce over 9 years ago
Better clean your glasses Earl.
thirdguy over 9 years ago
What I am having a pleasant time learning, is that Grandchildren will listen to what ever Grandpa has to say. So. I do feel some responsibility to speak something close to the truth, even when I am telling stories.
Arianne over 9 years ago
Now tell him what an ex-spurt plumber you are.
Driveteach over 9 years ago
ex = has-been, spurt = drip under pressure…therefore……….
davidf42 over 9 years ago
The “Walk in the Woods” strip from Gasoline Alley.
dadoctah over 9 years ago
At some point during every freshman geology class, some wisenhimer will pick up a specimen for identification, look at it intently, and then announce “yep, that’s definitely a rock”.
GROG Premium Member over 9 years ago
Rock on!
hsawlrae over 9 years ago
An even much greater expert on BULL.
Pretzelcoatl over 9 years ago
That’ll teach Earl to take everything he sees for granite!
Dampwaffle over 9 years ago
Er…. it’s been over 40 years since I had a geology class, but isn’t Granite metamorphic rock?You might say that Earl has a head for rocks…
Dampwaffle over 9 years ago
Okay, I was wrong. it is igneous rock. My bad. I also have a head for rocks.
prrdh over 9 years ago
I think it’s one’a’ them there erratic boulders I heard tell about in Geology 101.
jtviper7 over 9 years ago
After all Earl’s been with Opal for years.
prrdh over 9 years ago
Molten lava is the best kind.
prrdh over 9 years ago
And then there was the time Ferdinand Feghoot went on a camping trip with a group of Hollywood celebrities including Lee Marvin and Patty Duke. When they were about as far from civilization as they would ever get, Ms. Duke realized to her horror that she had forgotten the medication to control her bipolar disorder. Feghoot responded by noting that he had, as was his custom, brought along a miniature chemical laboratory and could extract lithium from a suitable source. “But where,” he mused, “Can we find some ore?” Then he was seized by a sudden inspiration and rushed over to one of the coolers holding liquid refreshments for the campers. Rummaging through the contents of the cooler, he extracted a can with a shout of joy. He handed the can to Lee Marvin and ordered, “Drink this”. Marvin protested that he only drank real beer, not the ‘swill’, as he referred to it, in the can, but Feghoot turned to the others and announced, “All he has to do is consume this can and in a half hour or so we’ll have lepidolite”.
David Huie Green LosersBlameOthers&It'sYOURfault over 9 years ago
But if the lava never reached the surface, it remained magma.
rphbeta over 9 years ago
Quintessential jack of all trades, master of none.