Dale Garrison Editorial Services

I just returned from a backpacking trip in Arkansas where they do have a few black bears. This, however, sort of puts things in perspective:

Two backpackers from Kansas vacationing for the first time in Alaska,
decided to take off on a trail first thing. But they thought that it
might be wise to ask the advice of some locals first.

An old timer told them that they should be okay as long as they kept
and eye out for bears. Just to be on the safe side, he suggested that
they tie little silver bells onto their backpacks and take along some
pepper spray. He also said that it was especially important that they
know how to tell the difference between brown bears and grizzly bears,
and if at all possible to avoid areas that might contain grizzlies.

The backpackers not being very familiar with bears, asked "Well how
do you tell the difference?".

He told them that they could tell by looking for bear droppings
along the trail. The backpackers, still puzzled and being even
less familiar with bear dropping than they were with bears, asked
the obvious question "How in the heck do you tell the difference
between brown bear dropping and grizzly bear droppings?".

Well he said "The brown bear droppings are round and are laced with
fibers that look a lot like squirrel hair". "Okay" the backpackers
said, "But what about the grizzly bears droppings?". The old-timer
looked at them and said "Well they are also round, but they are laced
with little silver bells and pepper spray.

Poor Guy

An elderly man was at home, dying in bed. He smelled the aroma of his favorite chocolate chip cookies baking. He wanted one last cookie before he died.
He fell out of bed, crawled to the landing, rolled down the stairs, and crawled into the kitchen where his wife was busily baking cookies. With waning strength he crawled to the table and was just barely able to lift his withered arm to the cookie sheet.
As he grasped a warm, moist, chocolate chip cookie, his favorite kind, his wife suddenly whacked his hand with a spatula.
"Why?" he whispered. "Why did you do that?"
"They're for the funeral."

This Could Have Been Me!

Still One of My Favorites

The Lone Ranger and Tonto were camping in the desert, they set up their tent,and fell asleep. Some hours later, the Lone Ranger wakes his faithful friend. Tonto, look up at the sky and tell me what you see."

After pondering the request, Tonto replies, "Me see millions of stars." … and what does that tell you?" ask The Lone Ranger. Tonto pauses for a minute. "Astronomically speaking, it tells me that there are millions of galaxies and potentially billions of planets. Astrologically, it tells me that Saturn is in Leo. Time wise, it appears to be approximately a quarter past three. Theologically, it's evident the Lord is all powerful and we are small and insignificant. Meteorologically, it seems we will have a beautiful day tomorrow. What it tell you, Kemo Sabi?"

The Lone Ranger is silent for a moment, then speaks: "To me, Tonto, it means someone has stolen our tent."

Total Quality Mismanagement

The tribal wisdom of the Dakota Indians, passed on from generation to generation, says that when you discover that you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount.

In modern education and government, however, a whole range of far more advanced strategies are often employed, such as:
1. Buying a stronger whip.

2. Changing Riders.

3. Threatening the horse with termination.

4. Appointing a committee to study the horse.

5. Arranging to visit other countries to see how others ride dead horses.

6. Lowering the standards so that dead horses can be included.

7. Re-classifying the dead horse as "living, but impaired".

8. Hiring outside contractors to ride the dead horse.

9. Harnessing several dead horses together to increase the speed.

10. Providing additional funding and/or training to increase the dead horse's performance.

11. Doing a productivity study to see if lighter riders would improve the dead horse's performance.

12. Declaring that as the dead horse does not have to be fed, it is less costly, carries lower overhead, and therefore contributes substantially more to the bottom line of the economy than do some other horses.

13. Re-writing the expected performance requirements for all horses. Consider discontinuing inbreeding.

14. Promoting the dead horse to a supervisory position.

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An old timer told them that they should be okay as long as they kept and eye out for bears. Just to be on the safe side, he suggested that they tie little silver bells onto their backpacks and take along some pepper spray. He also said that it was especially important that they know how to tell the difference between brown bears and grizzly bears, and if at all possible to avoid areas that might contain grizzlies. The backpackers not being very familiar with bears, asked "Well how do you tell the difference?". He told them that they could tell by looking for bear droppings along the trail. The backpackers, still puzzled and being even less familiar with bear dropping than they were with bears, asked the obvious question "How in the heck do you tell the difference between brown bear dropping and grizzly bear droppings?". Well he said "The brown bear droppings are round and are laced with fibers that look a lot like squirrel hair". "Okay" the backpackers said, "But what about the grizzly bears droppings?". The old-timer looked at them and said "Well they are also round, but they are laced with little silver bells and pepper spray. Poor Guy An elderly man was at home, dying in bed. He smelled the aroma of his favorite chocolate chip cookies baking. He wanted one last cookie before he died. He fell out of bed, crawled to the landing, rolled down the stairs, and crawled into the kitchen where his wife was busily baking cookies. With waning strength he crawled to the table and was just barely able to lift his withered arm to the cookie sheet. As he grasped a warm, moist, chocolate chip cookie, his favorite kind, his wife suddenly whacked his hand with a spatula. "Why?" he whispered. "Why did you do that?" "They're for the funeral." This Could Have Been Me! At Duke University, there were four sophomores taking Organic Chemistry. They did so well on all the quizzes, midterms and labs, etc., that each had an "A" so far for the semester. These four friends were so confident that the weekend before finals, they decided to go up to the University of Virginia and party with some friends there. They had a great time -- however, after all the hardy-partying, they slept all day Sunday and didn't make it back to Duke until early Monday morning. Rather than taking the final then, they decided to find their professor after the final and explain to him why they missed it. They explained that they had gone to UVA for the weekend with the plan to come back in time to study, but, unfortunately, they had a flat tire on the way back, didn't have a spare, and couldn't get help for a long time. As a result, they missed the final. The professor thought it over and then agreed they could make up the final the following day. The guys were elated and relieved. They studied that night and went in the next day at the time the professor had told them. He placed them in separate rooms and handed each of them a test booklet, and told them to begin. They looked at the first problem, worth five points. It was something simple about free radical formation. "Cool," they thought at the same time, each one in his separate room, "This is going to be easy." Each finished the problem and then turned the page. On the second page was written: (For 95 points): Which tire? Reasons Why The English Language Is Foreign 1) The bandage was wound around the wound. 2) The farm was used to produce produce. 3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse. 4) We must polish the Polish furniture. 5) He could lead if he would get the lead out. 6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert. 7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present 8) A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum. 9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes 10) I did not object to the object. 11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid. 12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row. 13) They were too close to the door to close it. 14) The buck does funny things when the does are present. 15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line. 16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow. 17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail. 18) After a number of injections my jaw got number. 19) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed tear. 20) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests. 21) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend? Still One of My Favorites The Lone Ranger and Tonto were camping in the desert, they set up their tent,and fell asleep. Some hours later, the Lone Ranger wakes his faithful friend. Tonto, look up at the sky and tell me what you see." After pondering the request, Tonto replies, "Me see millions of stars." … and what does that tell you?" ask The Lone Ranger. Tonto pauses for a minute. "Astronomically speaking, it tells me that there are millions of galaxies and potentially billions of planets. Astrologically, it tells me that Saturn is in Leo. Time wise, it appears to be approximately a quarter past three. Theologically, it's evident the Lord is all powerful and we are small and insignificant. Meteorologically, it seems we will have a beautiful day tomorrow. What it tell you, Kemo Sabi?" The Lone Ranger is silent for a moment, then speaks: "To me, Tonto, it means someone has stolen our tent." Total Quality Mismanagement The tribal wisdom of the Dakota Indians, passed on from generation to generation, says that when you discover that you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount. In modern education and government, however, a whole range of far more advanced strategies are often employed, such as: 1. Buying a stronger whip. 2. Changing Riders. 3. Threatening the horse with termination. 4. Appointing a committee to study the horse. 5. Arranging to visit other countries to see how others ride dead horses. 6. Lowering the standards so that dead horses can be included. 7. Re-classifying the dead horse as "living, but impaired". 8. Hiring outside contractors to ride the dead horse. 9. Harnessing several dead horses together to increase the speed. 10. Providing additional funding and/or training to increase the dead horse's performance. 11. Doing a productivity study to see if lighter riders would improve the dead horse's performance. 12. Declaring that as the dead horse does not have to be fed, it is less costly, carries lower overhead, and therefore contributes substantially more to the bottom line of the economy than do some other horses. 13. Re-writing the expected performance requirements for all horses. Consider discontinuing inbreeding. 14. Promoting the dead horse to a supervisory position.
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Hardware or Software I'm always tickled by the creativity of some of the software developers. I'm also amazed by the plethora of problems that bedevil the computer field, regardless of platform or software. This is just not science yet. There seems to be a current problem with some some software that causes machines not to boot. I forget whether this is a peculiarity of my current hardware thing, the new operating system or what. I don't have it, so I don't really care. Apparently, after a certain combination of actions, the computer will not boot. Or re-boot. Anyway, the owner is dead in the water. But somebody has leapt in to fill the void here with a utility called—I loved this—Boot You Bastard! Isn’t that just wonderful? In one three-word swoop, the author has perfectly described both the anger and terror of a non-bootable computer. With this is mind, I am suggesting (and copyrighting) several other software titles, though I have not yet had time to write the code: "Oh, God, Please Not Now" temporarily fixes frozen systems. Unfortunately, like the Portrait of Dorian Gray, it subtracts this "borrowed" time from YOUR life expectancy until one day you just drop dead at the keyboard (though your system should still operate). "Un-send" deletes mail sent to a former employer, lover, spouse or other miscreant. If you sent a particularly flaming message then change your mind, this is the software for you. Version 3.0 will even provide a powerful mind-erase feature which removes the message even after it has been read! (Be warned: the beta version has caused some lobotomy problems.) "Monitor Cleaner" is a small but terribly useful utility that cleans your monitor screen without the necessity of tissue paper and solvents. The one drawback is the unsightly collection of goo that is left on your desktop. Anyway, you get the idea. I’m still working on these. Any suggestions?.
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