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The headline of my local newspaper reads, "Sheriff says no gun permits for legally blind people." Does this issue even merit discussion? Sheriff Don is quoted as saying, "If you see nothing but a blurry mass in front of you then I would say you probably shouldn't be shooting something." And this is our sheriff, a hands-on kind of guy making the world safe for blurry masses everywhere.
This is a photo of Sheriff Don and I see him frequently out and about performing his Barney Fife duties and I gotta say the man's facial expression never changes, never. He does not smile, he does not frown. He does not giggle, wince, hold back tears or laugh heartily. He is a bald Mr. Spock without the pointy ears and sprayed-on bangs, uh-huh I am a trekkie.
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A long time ago Don was policing an outdoor festival and he came up to me and asked for a date. We had never spoken, been introduced or shared a taxi but there it was. Perhaps he thought he was a masterly macho guy with a gun on his hip and a walkie-talkie strapped to his shoulder but this was not to be the case.
I politely declined and that's because a man should have some color in his personality. This is not Don's strong point, he is so colorless he is practically transparent and this would be a boring sphere to inhabit. If it were mandatory for deputies to have a color Don would be beige, a dirty neutral crayon smudge on the page. But then I had the unfortunate status to know a few self-absorbed men back in the day who had too much color and . . . I will stop here because husband has not been happy with my last few posts.
I don't know. Don's probably a nice guy but back to the subject of what our newspaper decides to print. My international son, the one who lives in Japan and teaches 89-year-old guys to speak English expresses great disgust regarding our city newspaper. "Any international news is on the back page in a few short paragraphs and the front page details some middle school principal who gets a creme pie in his face."
Oooh, what flavor?
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Don probably has a world of colour going on in his head. I know this because my husband is a little like this and when I accuse him of being colourless he thinks long and hard and eventually protests. Perhaps Don has had Bell's Palsy and no longer has control of his smile muscles?
BTW: Your husband has not liked your last few posts? You should be grateful he reads them. Mine never bothers.....
There you go with that British coloUr, the "u" thing. Fancy, shmancy. Sometimes I think I would prefer not to have anyone in my inner circle read the darn things.
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