You wouldn't believe me if I said who told me this story, so I won't tell on Eric.
"Who has more fun than people?" I asked.
"Rabbits, of course," he replied.
"Aw, come on, you're kidding."
"No, it's true . . . it's because there are more of them," he answered.
"So what?", I said.
"So rabbits have more fun than people," he sez.
Nebraska City athletes have been recognized on more than one occasion for good grooming and now the entire Senior High student body has received a similar compliment.
John Kumpkes, a representative of Radio Engineering who attended the recent Career Conference, made the statement and included visiting students.
Well, while not especially on the good-grooming subject, it might be well to mention here that there was no shocking result from the recent "smoker" visit by a girl at the University of California. The young woman dressed as a college male student and in effect "strapped herself down" to make the grade.
Smokers aren't what they used to be.
When we were overseas a smoker was one big beer bust and a frequent free-for-all with the Shore Police doing most of the work.
I like Turkey Days.
Did you notice the many curious youngsters walk up to the cages in front of business houses and "gobble gobble" a little conversation?
And not only the small fry. There were a few big folks in there, too, trying to whip up a conversation.
Egg production is on a big basis at a farm home near Fremont visited recently by our family.
Mr. and Mrs. Duane Brand (the wives met during high school FHA days) have pullets in a special type building laying eggs on a mass production schedule. The pullets were put in wire cages to eat, drink and lay eggs . . . and they are doing just that, all 10,000 of them.
It takes a ton of feed a day to keep the hens laying.
A special truck picks up the eggs from a special cooler in which the eggs have been sprayed with a special stay-fresh liquid.
The egg business ain't what it used to be, ma.