Has the mail come yet?
No.
Damn. I was waiting for my publishers clearing house entry form.
You know that you can enter on-line now.
I don't like the internets. It's not trustworthy to put your name in that dang computer.
Now, honey , you didn't like it when the Montgomery Ward got those computerized cash registers either, but they turned out just fine.
Well, I don't want any Ed McMahon look-a-likes to get my photo and ruin my retirement benefits. I want my entry to go straight to the source.
You do know that Ed McMahon is dead.
No, he's not.
Oh yes, he died about 5 years ago around the time that Thelma lost Elbert in that Swine flu epidemic.
Well, Thelma should have known better than to keep that pig in her house. She just got too attached to the damn thing.
Don't matter, but Ed's dead.
Then who will bring me my oversized cardboard check?
I don't know, but it won't be Ed.
Then I guess I may not enter after all. Want some iced tea?
Sure, sugar. Here comes the mail man.
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Laughingdaughter writes:
Damn, I'm too young to understand most of what you wrote! Or maybe my damn brain has just decided to stop working. Damn college!
Head on over to We Work for Cheese and see who else signed on for this damn challenge.
I'm with laughingdaughter today, Ed McMahon is either too old, or too American to have registered in my poor brain. Damn.
ReplyDeleteYou weren't listening, Ziva/ He's dead.
DeleteI reckon Ed McMahon may just be too American. He was the sidekick on "The Tonight Show" with Johnny Carson for thirty years. "The Tonight Show" was the premier late night talk show on American television for decades. The show still exists today, but nobody can hold a candle to Johnny (neither Jay Leno or Jimmy Fallon, although I was rooting for Conan).
DeleteEd McMahon was also a spokesperson for the American Family Publishers sweepstakes in which contestants were enticed to join with promises of huge cash grand prizes. If you won the sweepstakes, Ed McMahon would arrive on your doorstep with a huge cardboard check and a camera crew.
I agree, KZ, no one holds a candle to Johnny Carson!
DeleteZiva, we are all too old for you!
DeleteAin't that the truth, LM.
DeleteHere's a fascinating fact. It was the prize patrol and not Ed McMahon associated with Publishers Clearing House. McMahon was actually a pitchman for American Family Publishers. It's true. But everyone always thinks of him as the guy from publishers Clearing House. But he wasn't.
ReplyDeleteTrue! Aren't you on top of American culture!
DeleteROFL I loved this. Ed's dead. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks! Either that or he's living with Elvis.
DeleteThis was odd. I'm not exactly sure what's going on here, but I know I'm walking away entertained.
ReplyDeleteWelcome to my brain...
DeleteI just got home. Your mail should be in the box. :) My only request? It took me a long time to deliver all that mail... please wait until I leave before you throw half of it into the recycle bin. :)
ReplyDeleteI salute all mail carriers! Especially in the wicked weather that we have all been having!
DeleteOh, yes. Whatever you do, don't put your name in the internets. That's how they get you.
ReplyDeleteThey are looking at me right now through my web cam...
DeletePoor dead Ed. Those were the damn good 'ole days.
ReplyDeleteI could use a big cardboard check!
DeleteWell, when I win the HGTV dream home, you can come live with me.
ReplyDeleteDamn clever, LM! :)
ReplyDeleteEd's dead? Tell me it isn't so! So who have I been sending all that stuff to all these years? Ed's dead?
ReplyDeleteThis sick part of me heard, "HA HA HA... YES!" when I read, "Ed McMahon is dead." That almost goes from The Tonight Show to Saturday Night Live!
ReplyDeleteOh man. Ed's dead? I had no idea.
ReplyDeleteI want to win this once, if not just for the big check.
ReplyDeleteAt that point, I will plot the ultimate blogging challenge -- during leap year. The 365 plus 1 writing challenge!