It’s time for a senior citizen quiz. If you get all the questions right, you qualify to get a senior discount on the purchases, excluding the coffee. Let the quiz begin:
1. Viagra is: A. The sister city of Agra, Kansas; B. The wife of the founder of congra; C. A rising friend of senior citizens
2. AARP is: A. What happens if you eat too much lutefisk; B. The town of Christmas, Iowa; C. A musical instrument; D. An old farts organization
3. 9-ball is: A. A football team; B. A baseball team; C. The results of nine castrate pigs; D. A game of pool
4. The queen of spades is: A. A lonely hearts club; B. A new Blizzard at Dairy Queen; C. Your deceased mother-in-law; D. The top dog in a card game
5. Social Security check is: A. A speed trap on I-90; B. The mark on good milk products; C. The border crossing guards; D. Your monthly financial bonanza
6. Senior Citizens Center is: A. Meadowlark Lemon of the Harlem Globetrotters; B. A home for fourth-year students; C. A wading area in the pool; D. Where seniors play cards and shoot pool
Short Shorts:
A. Genie and I are enrolled in the therapy Covid program called, “Dirt Therapy.”
B. Tanner Conn of Albert Lea had his picture on the front page of the Outdoor News July 20, 2020 with a catch-and-release 42-inch northern from Fountain Lake he caught July 15.
C. Per Powerful Norwegian leaders, the Coronavirus qualifies as an “Uffda.”
D. Per our Southern attorney son-in-law: when you have a nice outdoor pool that you swim in, the day you see an adult alligator in the pool, you quit swimming in the pool. The same reasoning holds true for the Coronavirus. The problem is we humans are swimming in the same pool!
There have been a lot of vehicles rummaged through this summer. In some cases, the vehicles were in the garage with most of the vehicles parked on the street. In checking how to solve the problem, this is what I found: a device can be purchased that is part of the doorbell system. It take a picture of all things passing your doorbell, including something going by on the street or road. The picture is so clear, a license plate can be read.
Alden, Clarks Grove, Ellendale, Geneva and Glenville are having a population of about 600. Which town has the largest population? Hint: Don’t guess by the Main Street in town.
Are there more parks or more churches in Freeborn County?
Answers: Senior Citizen quiz, all; more churches in Clarks Grove.
In conclusion, when you get to your wits end, you’ll find God lives there.
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Bob is a retired AAL (Aid Association for Lutherans) agent, currently working on his master’s degree in Volunteering. His wife, Genie, is a retired RN, currently working on her doctor’s degree in Volunteering. They have two children, Deb in North Carolina, and Dan in Vermont. Bob says if you enjoy his column, let him know. If you don’t enjoy it, keep on reading, it can get worse. Words of wisdom: There is always room for God.