The Flume

I've had about enough dumbassery to last me a lifetime. Sure--I enjoy it when the dumbasses get their eventual come uppance, but it is wearing to wait for it.

So instead today, I will share 2 things. The first, a story about my Dad. This is a man who did not go to school past the 8th grade, which by the way, he says is his biggest regret in life. I told him I more than made up for it with all the schooling I had. And for a man who did not have more than an 8th grade education, he is probably the smartest person I know. At our family reunion, he took a bad fall. He is 92 and getting unsteady. He was too close to the edge of a stair and wasn't paying attention and he fell off. The first concern was that he broke his other hip. The second concern was a concussion because he hit his head pretty hard on the concrete. The immediate concern was the huge flap of skin hanging off his elbow bleeding. My sister is a nurse and I am a first responder. I happened to have a first aid kit with me, so I ran to get it while my sister checked our dad out. (go ahead, call me a dork) As I was walking back up to the scene, I heard my sister ask him, "Now this is going to sound stupid, but do you know who I am?" My dad looked at her and said, "Well, if you don't know, I can't help you." At that point, I knew he was okay.

Now, the second story. The place that our family reunion at had a World Famous Natural Water slide. It wasn't spectacular, but I decided I was going to go down it. I got my suit on and marched down to the slide with my sister and grabbed a mat (you had to sit on something or the rock would snag the crap out of your suit) My sister was just short of horrified and said "You're not going to do that, are you?" I said oh yes I am and so are you. Quit being such a chicken. So off I went. It was nice and mild until you hit the first curve and then you gained speed and it slammed you into the other wall and spit you out into the Guadalupe River. Somehow I managed to get most of my first cousins (all middle aged) to go down the Flume. For your viewing enjoyment:

SWEAR TO GOD, NEVER HAS THERE BEEN A MORE PERFECT TRAINWRECK. I just can't look away, no matter how disgusted I am. Maybe disgust isn't the right word. Watching the two morons involved--just when I think they couldn't be any more stupid--they get married. Now, dumbass #1 has taken a professional tumble in the past couple of years--I thought people actually liked DA#1, but evidently not so much. My own eyes have been opened and now I am finding out others have as well.

Dumbass #2--I never liked them, mainly because of their reputation. But when 1 and 2 hooked up, people raised their eyebrows. When they find out the latest, I'm pretty sure that the professional hara kiri will be complete. And the awful thing--I can't hardly WAIT!! Because the destruction will be so complete, it will look like an atom bomb hit. And the beauty is, those of us who have followed it, didn't have to do anything to help it along. We just watched. I just wish it would happen faster--the anticipation is killing me.