Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for July 05, 2015
July 04, 2015
July 06, 2015
Transcript:
richard's poor almanack by richard thompson the morning after or the fifth of july 1,453 tons of potato salad left uneaten from approx-imately 75,000 dc area picnics. man: all full! woman: tell the kids it's time to open their potato salad stand again! 2,752 people still stranded in the endless tangle of temporary fencing along the g.w. parkway. person 1: water! person 2: help! uncle sam: hey! get me down! 34,195 boxes of leftover fire-works you'll be hearing nightly for the next six months. boy 1: "flaming supercollider banshee fountain of joy." cool! boy 2: that one'll be great for thanksgiving! 7 amateur stiltwalking uncle sams from various neighbor-hood parades who've forgot-ten how to dismount woman 2: look! fireman 1: uh-oh! fireman 2: i will save him!
pumaman almost 9 years ago
Just climb in a second story window Sam.
6turtle9 almost 9 years ago
If you have leftover fireworks I am sure you are not doing it right.
Sisyphos almost 9 years ago
Yes. Yes; it’s all true. Richard knows How Things Work (or Don’t) in the real world, which helps make him so impressively funny and sagacious!