[Minnesoootan]

My elder liberal sister was sitting at the Christmas Eve dinner table spouting off aboot the weather,and even admitted they saw the Al Gore infomercial....I was laffin at her....then came the punchline,the people on her block in Chanhassen decided that this coming summer they would have 1 'community' lawnmower between 6-7 houses,this was to do their part in lowering 'greenhouse gases'....when confronted by the question 'what is the difference if it is 1 lawnmower mowing 7 lawns or 7 mowing 7?' well,the answer was 'they won't be getting mowed all at the same time' ...at that point I had to open another bottle of wine.

[dogbyte12]

Actually, the loonies might have a good idea for the wrong reason. If you know you are going to settle in a neighborhood for a while, we ought to consider buying stock in things. Like 5 neighbors chip in for a snow blower. It would save money. I know some blocks do community dinners. The wives don't feel like cooking all the time, so there are about 25 people in like 7 families, and each cooks one huge meal for dinner once a week. The other families get to do other things the other six nights a week, and just show up and eat, then leave when they are done.

Totally off topic I know. But it gave me the thought. I would pitch in with a few neighbors to get a really really excellent lawn mower, rather than four of us spending more money per person on crappier models.

[mj1234]

That is hilarious-

I asked my liberal inlaws why I should believe Al gore-
I said I would listen to their tripe if they could tell
me what post secondary schools Al went to, and what the
outcome was...- for good measure I wanted them to find
what Tommy Lee Jones (Gore's roomate at Harvard )had to
say about Al.

p.s. - Al went to 2 other post secondary scools-
Vanderbilt Divinity- and then Law school-
he flunked out of divinity- and supposedly
left law school ( his records are sealed )

[Caleb1411]

My elder liberal sister was sitting at the Christmas Eve dinner table spouting off aboot the weather,and even admitted they saw the Al Gore infomercial....I was laffin at her....then came the punchline,the people on her block in Chanhassen decided that this coming summer they would have 1 'community' lawnmower between 6-7 houses,this was to do their part in lowering 'greenhouse gases'....when confronted by the question 'what is the difference if it is 1 lawnmower mowing 7 lawns or 7 mowing 7?' well,the answer was 'they won't be getting mowed all at the same time' ...at that point I had to open another bottle of wine.

Great story; you may want to send it to the Mayor himself.

[N. Theknow]

then came the punchline,the people on her block in Chanhassen decided that this coming summer they would have 1 'community' lawnmower between 6-7 houses,this was to do their part in lowering 'greenhouse gases'....when confronted by the question 'what is the difference if it is 1 lawnmower mowing 7 lawns or 7 mowing 7?' well,the answer was 'they won't be getting mowed all at the same time'

The problem with Socialism/Communism is that the right people haven't done it yet. < /sarcasm >

You should start a pool on when this little socialistic brainstorm will result in a resounding "Uff Da! Vhat vas we tinkin' Ole!?!"

[razorback-bert]

I would have suggested a community goat.

[razorback-bert]

I would have suggested a community goat.

[getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL]

Here...go open another and pour some for me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzRrYFIh9Oo

[hinckley buzzard]

'they won't be getting mowed all at the same time'

(*sigh*) Can this anecdote really be true? It sounds like something out of Lewis Carroll. Next time you see her tell her to beware the frumious bandersnatch.