jtelson

As long as they're keeping busy and staying out of trouble, it's probably OK. At least they're not invading any neighbors.

My mom designed and made dresses while my dad designed fur hats, coats and that sort of thing. His would have a solemn inscription on the label promising that "no animals were consulted in the making of this garment." It was still early days in the PC movement back then.

@shenzy Thank you.

I'm taking careful note. Best to let someone else mess this up and deal with the consequences.

That's brilliant. I love that! Absolutely cracked me up,  although not like Humpty Dumpty, I'm happy to say.

As I understand it, when he came to the door, they  just pretended not to be home. Cell coverage back then wasn't good so pestering anybody was much more challenging.

If your response is setting a precedent for how 2022 will unfold then we're finally going to have a wonderful year.  Decent, highly intelligent friends of mine who have shown no propensity for consuming human blood or strangling small animals have in the past year aligned themselves with those who preach that the freedom to get sick and infect others is a sacred one that must be exercised at every opportunity. Another cherished belief is that those who have dedicated their lives to learning everything possible about a complex subject are buffoons who must be ignored in favor of actors, lobbyists and attention seekers because those people are the sole keepers of truth. Doctors know nothing of illness but the disgraced lawyer, Robert Kennedy Jr. knows everything. I don't need to point out to you what tragically flawed logic supports these systems of belief but it all makes my flesh crawl. It also lends credence to Fermi's Great Filter model for the fate of civilizations. How I wish it were otherwise. Anyway, bless you, my friend.

Oh, so you care about that sort of thing? Great. By my count, that makes six of us that I know of. Undoubtedly there are others out there as well. Probably dozens. We're practically an army, making vast inroads against the hordes who enjoy referring to a large amount of people, many of whom have ran somewhere and various things which are oh, so very unique. I can already taste the victory.