NO BULL

Recently Big Bore and I stumbled upon the old Rocky and Bullwinkle show on WGN. We were both big fans of the program back in our squirrely days. Big Bore even owned a Bullwinkle cardboard stand-up at one time, and I still have my “Peabody and Sherman School of the Extremely Clever” T-shirt. And who can forget Fractured Fairy Tales and the Dudley Do-Right segments on the show? Classics.

Well, anyway, the running story on the R and B that we saw a few nights ago was about the flying squirrel and goofy moose going to college, specifically Wottsamotta U. They had football scholarships, even though the university was going through tough financial times. The board of directors met to cut the academic budget in order to pad the athletic fund.

“Where can we save some money?” one asks.

“Let’s fire all the English teachers!” another suggests.

“What a great idea! Our students already know how to speak English!”

Having once pontificated upon the finer points of wrestling with our language, I had to LMAO on that one!

Of course, the evil Boris, Natasha, and Fearless Leader had to enter the picture to muck up the football team’s road to glory. Long story, but take my word for it, it was funny--and full of the usual bad puns, as Bullwinkle falls for a hard luck line that Boris’s “Sweet Booby” (Natasha) dangles his way.

And, while I'm on the subject of football--we’re kicking off pretty soon for some Arkansas camping and caving, so this blog will be taking a time-out for a few days. As you struggle to cope without the benefit of being bored by The Flaming Bore, may the Moose be with you!