By now, you are all aware how thrilling it is that the Olympics have ended. Or are still ongoing.
The packagers of the Olympics and Wheaties will, in due time, let us know who was important in these Olympics and who was as marketable as, and more anti-American than, Count Chocula and Frankenberry.
In one year, China will host the Olympics that are held every two years. That’s fitting, when you think about it, in today’s world.
Greece was the country of origin of the Olympics. However, for reasons that are a complete mystery, Greece is currently erecting a Donald Trump-style wall along the Evros. You don’t have to take our word for it; you can take it from PBS:
Greece Is Currently Erecting a Donald Trump-Style Wall Along the Evros
PBS | July 26, 2021
I’m not sure what the Evros is, but you can bet it’s somewhere the illegal aliens do not want a wall.
Have You Evros Seen the Reign? I’ll bet someone could come up with a pun on that name. It’s The Everoslasting Story. And I hope it takes another Edmund or Hillary to mount Evros.
In related Greek news:
Greece Officially Requests Urgent Purchase Of Second-Hand F-35s
The Aviationist | November 22, 2020The Greek government officially requested an urgent purchase of Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II fifth-generation aircraft for the Hellenic Air Force.
According to the Greek newspaper Proto Thema, the Director General of Armaments and Investments for the Ministry of National Defense, Theodoros Lagios, sent a formal Letter of Request (LOR) to the U.S. Department of Defense on November 6, 2020.
Do you think it has anything to do with the invasion of illegal aliens across their border? Nah…
They just want to go high-tech so they can avoid becoming a Hellenic handbasket case.
Alternatively, perhaps Greece plans to ship the F-35s to their countrymen in America, since Biden has made it clear that is the only way to fight for democracy. Greece is understandably possessive of this philosophy. And of that too.
However:
Music Banned on Greece’s Mykonos in New COVID-19 Restrictions
Inquirer | July 18, 2021
This headline froze me, and the link to this story froze my computer, so I wouldn’t go there. Or to Mykonos. No music? In Greece? Every soundtrack to every movie I’ve ever seen would have to be wrong.
If you’ve ever visited a cheese shop, you know what I mean.
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ABBOTT AND COSTELLO’S ‘WHO’S ON FIRST’ ……updated version.
Bud: ‘You can’t come in here!’
Lou: ‘Why not?’
Bud: ‘Well because you’re unvaccinated.’
Lou: ‘But I’m not sick.’
Bud: ‘It doesn’t matter.’
Lou: ‘Well, why does that guy get to go in?’
Bud: ‘Because he’s vaccinated.’
Lou: ‘But he’s sick!’
Bud: ‘It’s alright. Everyone in here is vaccinated.’
Lou: ‘Wait a minute. Are you saying everyone in there is vaccinated?’
Bud: ‘Yes.’
Lou: ‘So then why can’t I go in there if everyone is vaccinated?’
Bud: ‘Because you’ll make them sick.’
Lou: ‘How will I make them sick if I’m NOT sick and they’re vaccinated.’
Bud: ‘Because you’re unvaccinated.’
Lou: ‘But they’re vaccinated.’
Bud: ‘But they can still get sick.’
Lou: ‘So what the heck does the vaccine do?’
Bud: ‘It vaccinates.’
Lou: ‘So vaccinated people can’t spread covid?’
Bud: ‘Oh no. They can spread covid just as easily as an unvaccinated person.’
Lou: ‘I don’t even know what I’m saying anymore. Look. I’m not sick.
Bud: ‘OK.’
Lou: ‘And the guy you let in IS sick.’
Bud: ‘That’s right.’
Lou: ‘And everybody in there can still get sick even though they’re vaccinated.’
Bud: ‘Certainly.’
Lou: ‘So why can’t I go in again?’
Bud: ‘Because you’re unvaccinated.’
Lou: ‘I’m not asking who’s vaccinated or not!’
Bud: ‘I’m just telling you how it is.’
Lou: ‘Never mind. I’ll just put on my mask.’
Bud: ‘That’s fine.’
Lou: ‘Now I can go in?’
Bud: ‘Absolutely not?’
Lou: ‘But I have a mask!’
Bud: ‘Doesn’t matter.’
Lou: ‘I was able to come in here yesterday with a mask.’
Bud: ‘I know.’
Lou: So why can’t I come in here today with a mask? ….If you say ‘because I’m unvaccinated’ again, I’ll break your arm.’
Bud: ‘Take it easy buddy.’
Lou: ‘So the mask is no good anymore.’
Bud: ‘No, it’s still good.’
Lou: ‘But I can’t come in?’
Bud: ‘Correct.’
Lou: ‘Why not?’
Bud: ‘Because you’re unvaccinated.’
Lou: ‘But the mask prevents the germs from getting out.’
Bud: ‘Yes, but people can still catch your germs.’
Lou: ‘But they’re all vaccinated.’
Bud: ‘Yes, but they can still get sick.’
Lou: ‘But I’m not sick!!’
Bud: ‘You can still get them sick.’
Lou: ‘So then masks don’t work!’
Bud: ‘Masks work quite well.’
Lou: ‘So how in the heck can I get vaccinated people sick if I’m not sick and masks work?’
Bud: ‘Third base.’
I would have gone with “Third variant”.