A funny story: The Limburger Cheese War
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Monroe’s postmaster, John Burkhard, approved the delivery and sent it on its way. But the mail carrier in Independence, Iowa, who delivered the Limburger was so offended by the stench wafting through his roadster that he refused to deliver it. Citing a postal rule that said mail would only be delivered if it “did not smell objectionable,” Independence’s postmaster, Warren Miller, concurred without examining or even smelling the cheese. He had it sent back to Monroe on the grounds that it could “fell an ox twenty paces.”
Burkhard took it personally; to insult Limburger is to insult not just Monroe, but all of Wisconsin and its proud cheese heritage. So Burkhard rewrapped the package and sent it back to Iowa. Miller promptly returned it to Wisconsin. War was brewing.
Frank Miller Illustrates History
Cartoonist Caldwell Tanner imagined historical events and figures as though they had been illustrated by comic book artist Frank Miller. The above scene is from October 31, 1517, and Protestant reformer Martin Luther is driving his point home about Papal abuses.
Fred - Gerry is adorable, I linked to that video on my FB, maybe someone will feel the pull to go adopt him.
MAN am I work avoident today.
Today's xkcd is fun: Adjectives
Subtitled "Frequency with which various adjectives are intensified with obscenities"
Did you know people hardly ever say "Kafkaesque as shit" but do say "Fucking Kafkaesque" much more frequently?
I missed the turnoff for work this morning. In a completely new direction. Needless to say, the gronk is large with me. Of course this happens when I have a first thing meeting.
Aaaaand the momentum is gone. Nap time?
At this rate, I'll finish my morning conf calls and then work from home this afternoon. Now that I know how bad my current glasses are, I'm uber aware of tilting my head back so I can look through the near vision part of my glasses. The headache is lurking, waiting to attack.
I missed the turnoff for work this morning.
I decided I was too gronky to ride my bike to work today. So I got to ride the 206 bus which is filled with high school students....
The headache is lurking, waiting to attack.
Heh. I mean, fight it! Hit it with a stick!
If it were April 1st, I'd totally call shenanigans on this story.
