Entries tagged with "memorial day"

Family hijinks!

posted by srah on May 31, 2004 1:23 PM

Tags: holidays, memorial day, srahfam

We're doing the usual Memorial Day Family Cemetary Tour. Alfie: (points out a statue of a lamb on a baby's grave) That doesn't look like a lamb! It looks like a Westie with plants sticking out of its butt. Srahgrandma: It looks like a bear to me. Srahdad: Looks like a wolf to me. Srah: (being facetious) Looks like a sea anenome to me! (points at Alfie) Hey, I sea anenome! Alfie: (grumbles) No one likes you. Srah: I do! Alfie: You don't count. Srah: One, two, five, eleven... Srahgrandma: You went from five to eleven. Srah: I also skipped...

Imagine radio DJs who knew their music

posted by srah on May 27, 2003 1:28 PM

Tags: holidays, memorial day, music, radio

I was listening to a local oldies station yesterday and the song Imagine was playing. When the song ended, the idiot DJ said something to the effect of, "What a perfect song for this Memorial Day. Imagine, imagine, imagine no... freedom. No freedom. Whoa, heavy. So remember all the men and women who died for your freedom. Because freedom is the most important thing in the world. Go USA." Okay, maybe not the "Go USA" part, but the rest was pretty much what he said. He took a great song and took a bit out of context, and mangled it...