Friday, August 14, 2020

14 August 2020 - Plague Journal Day 154

Micah 6:8
Numbers 13:26-27
Yes, your life matters.

We all are still sheltering in place, but I'm here to keep you sane and entertained.
One could hardly ask for much more than that, now could one?


Creamsicles are good, that's why there is such a thing as today's National Creamsicle Day. In fact, they're so good that there's also a Creamsicle ice cream available, and in September of 1982 it was the flavor of the month at Merit Woods Pharmacy. It then became the flavor of ice cream served at Heidi and Charlie's Wedding (you may have seen the bumper stickers).

(update: Apparently there are now multiple flavors of Creamsicles, not just the traditional orange sherbet/vanilla ice cream variety, but other fruits paired with vanilla as well. We may have to find and try some of these.)

 

But back to those bumper stickers, the best story about them came from a friend driving through Ontario on the 401. Other cars were passing her, and the drivers and passengers were all waving and pointing at the back of her car. Finally she had to pull over to find out what was going on. It turned out that the bottom left corner of her sticker had been damaged, losing the HEI of HEIDI, causing it now to read: I was at DI and CHARLIE'S Wedding. Well, who wouldn't honk and wave at someone who had attended that fairy-tale royal wedding, eh? Especially there in the Dominion of Canada?

I love that story.

Keep Calm and Stay Away.
I'll be back tomorrow.

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