Thursday, May 31, 2012

The Casual Observer - 5/31/12




  My first cousin---once removed - Tony,  couldn't find a job.  Nothing was quite right.
Finally  I  found him a job on a farm, - sorting potatoes.  The big potatoes in
one pile and the little potatoes in another pile.   After 2 weeks  Tony  quit.  I asked him,
"Why did you  quit?"  Tony said,  " I quit, because of all the decisions. "  "Is this a big potato or
a little potato?"

Tony's Brother, Justin,  had been looking for a job for a long time.  Finally I found
Justin  a job as a switch- man.  He got a little shack to live in, and all he had to do, - At mid-night. -
was  to hang a lantern out to signal the train to switch tracks.  He loved the job-- No people,
No phone calls,  etc..  But within  2  weeks, Justin quit the job.  I  asked,--
"Justin, why are you quitting?"    Justin said,  "It was that damn lantern."

Now both Tony and Justin are in D.C.  working in Congress.