Baby. June 2006 - July 8, 2023

Rest in Peace, Baby.   I will never forget you.

 

The Time I Told My Dad a Dirty Joke When I Was in Third Grade

 In my third grade classroom (it was 1963 or ‘64) I sat across from a boy who told me this joke:

The Boy:  Did you hear that President Johnson broke his leg?

Me:  No!

The Boy:  He fell out of Lady Bird’s nest.

“Hahaha!  What a good joke!” I thought, picturing Lady Bird Johnson sitting in a giant bird nest, Lyndon Johnson attempting to climb into it and falling out!   

That evening, or perhaps a few evenings later we were at my grandparents’ farm.   At the supper table I blurted out the Lady Bird joke.   

Nobody laughed.   

My dad sitting next to me, who sometimes did not spare my feelings, did on this occasion.  He leaned over to me and quietly said “That’s not a very nice joke so you probably shouldn't tell it to anyone else.”  

“Why?” I asked.

“It’s not nice to tell jokes about the president” replied my quick-thinking dad.

“Oh.”

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For years I thought it was wrong to tell jokes about the president.  I would hear Jack Paar and Johnny Carson tell jokes about the president but figured they were allowed since they were famous, too, like the president.  

It was many years later, as I was listening to a podcast about Lady Bird Johnson that I got to thinking about that joke again and what it really meant.   And I wish my dad was still around so we could share a laugh about the time I told him a dirty joke when I was in third grade.  

Sunset at the Lilac Ranch, 11/15/2021

 

Thor

Thor (a blue heeler) moved to the Lilac Ranch on December 1, 2019.   He was born at the end of August, 2019.

Bird Sounds

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Rosie

Rest in Peace, Rosie.   Thank you for watching over the Lilac Ranch.   We will miss you.

R. Smudge Rosie:  July 9, 2009 - July 31, 2017.

Baby Chicks at the Lilac Ranch!

Well, hello blog.  Haven't seen you in a while.  Wanna see some baby chicks?

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