I comfirmed that if you eat several deviled eggs, some pieces of ham, pork and beef lasagna, a few vegetable side dishes like Brussel sprouts, green beans, rutabaga, baked beans, then a little bread, cookies, fudge, sweet tea, and a glass or two of wine....and a glass of egg nog just because it's there.......at Christmas dinner....your tummy will probably not feel so good when you ride your bike down to the point to watch the sunset at about 5:42 PM that evening with the allens and lucky. and then if you swing by B & J's house and sit on the back porch and drink more wine it will not make your stomach feel any better.
I also learned that the University of Florida is going to allow alumni to spend eternity on campus........the gator nation seems to feel the urge to have an on-campus mausoleum for a chosen few..........I think this is an excellent way to make a buck....and it will be the first university in Florida to allow it....I hear that some other states have already beat them to the punch...notre damn and west by god Virginia......is america great or what?
and last but not least, the great state of Florida has an on-line contest to pick a different state song. For those of you that have forgotten, the current state song is what we always called "way down upon the Swanee river".....you can look up the song and sing along on the web if you really want to ...but the song chorus goes like this:
"All de world am sad and dreary,Eb-rywhere I roam;Oh, darkeys, how my heart grows weary,Far from de old folks at home!
and trust me there are more lyrics that seem a lot worse in this little ditty...............
this song was given to us by Stephen C. Foster, (or maybe Florida bought it?....something for polvo to research) ..the song is actually "The Swanee River (Old Folks at Home)" penned in 1851. Florida made it the state song in the 30's..........I am just wondering why it took Florida so long to figure out this song might be mildly offensive to some of the residents (or maybe a few billion other educated people in the western hemisphere)?
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