Short Shrift Saturday #5

Back when I used to play golf, every day when my friend also named Gene and I would come to the 15th tee, we couldn't help but break into song:

"Oh, when it's hot and dusty,
"And you can't get ice cream cones,
"It ain't no sin
"To take off your skin
"And dance around in your bones."

Kids have more fun than anybody. We were both over 60.

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My downstairs (Alzheimer's) buddy named Bob was telling me about this memory clinic he's been going to. I said, "What's its name?"

Bob: "What is that thing with the long stem and thorns?"
Hoss: "Rose?"
Bob: "Yeah," he says, turning to his wife. "Rose, what was the name of that memory clinic?"

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My buddy Theresa quotes Robin Williams:

"See, the problem is that God gave man a brain and a penis, but only enough blood to run one at a time."

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My favorite word today is busted. Adj., all to smithereens. Def.: Everything below the top layer of a cheap bag of potato chips.