Like I said before, I don’t have an Amazon Echo (“Alexa”) device. My mother does. I think I’ll upgrade it for her.
What about you? Do you have something you’d like to discuss? A joke to tell? A link to share? Anything? It’s Tuesday Night Open Thread.
What’s on your mind?
I offer this without explanation because, no explanation exists in this universe.
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I wonder why that didn’t embed properly.
1. It did look “embedded” normally the first time I saw it. There was a little picture of her doing the Tina Turner routine, with the arrow in the middle of the picture, and that is what I clicked on to view.
2. This “Reply” comment box I am using is visually different from the one I’m used to.
3. And there’s a “Review” option now. Which is just as well, since I’m always changing my wording after I post, or correcting typos.
4. Has Basil been updating the site’s functioning?
I’m not saying it was Aliens, But…. It was Aliens.
I’m currently just enjoying reading Trump & Kimmel troll each other…
Link, please…
“Alexa, tell Basil a joke”
Generous lawyer
A local United Way office realized that the organization had never received a donation from the town’s most successful lawyer. The person in charge of contributions called him to persuade him to contribute.
“Our research shows that out of a yearly income of at least $500,000, you give not a penny to charity. Wouldn’t you like to give back to the community in some way?”
The lawyer mulled this over for a moment and replied, “First, did your research also show that my mother is dying after a long illness, and has medical bills that are several times her annual income?”
Embarrassed, the United Way rep mumbled, “Um … no.”
The lawyer interrupts, “or that my brother, a disabled veteran, is blind and confined to a wheelchair?”
The stricken United Way rep began to stammer out an apology, but was interrupted again.
“or that my sister’s husband died in a traffic accident,” the lawyer’s voice rising in indignation, “leaving her penniless with three children?!”
The humiliated United Way rep, completely beaten, said simply, “I had no idea…”
On a roll, the lawyer cut him off once again, “So if I don’t give any money to them, why should I give any to you?” ~ Alexa
Maurice Ravel was born March 7, 1875, in Ciboure, France. You may have heard his most popular work – Bolero. Ravel’s own comment on Bolero, to his fellow composer Arthur Honegger, was “I have written only one masterpiece – Bolero. Unfortunately, there’s no music in it.” Since I agree with Ravel about this, here’s his “Pavane For a Dead Princess”:
NEVER.