SonnysidePop: Milky Way to Haunted Kansas

Pop: "Try a Milky Way and a V8; tastes great, wish we had some, can't wait!"

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Son: "Oh, the Billions and Billions of stars to eat, like the Man from Mars who keeps eating cars."
Pop: "And lightning bugs in jars. All tsars and czars to go before I eat, therefore a drink."
Son: "Last call, then back to protect The Wall."
Pop: "The Sea was angry that day, my friend. We don't need no mashed potatoes."
Son: "Only the dust from a falling star."
Pop: "Huffel Dust, me hopes?"*
Son: "Luck of the Irish, laddie."
Pop: "Or, all we are is Kansan dust in the wind."
Son: "All we are saying is, 'Give peace a chance.'"
Pop: "Cause out on the edge of Darkness, there rides a Peace Train. Oh, Peace Train take this country, come take me home again."
Son: "Time to take a free ride, old man Winter the Conductor screeches, 'Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.'"
Pop: "Gas, grass, or ass... nobody rides for free, unless it's your birthday, then you get 1 free ride through the Haunted House all through October."

*Huffel Dust was an imaginary dust that my Irish Great Uncle used to sprinkle on the deck of cards when playing.

Dear Dust on My Floor...

Dear Dust on My Floor,

Where did you come from? I just vacuumed and swept the condo yesterday! I suppose, however, that I've had all the windows open and it's been windy and you could have originated from someplace other than my couch, my rug or my skin.

If so, I didn't give you permission to enter my home, could you please identify yourself?

I once heard a story about the difference between shopkeepers in the US and those in European countries. In the morning, a European shop owner starts at the curb outside the front of his shop and sweeps all the trash into his shop, towards the back and then puts it into the wastebasket. This shopkeeper is creating a clean environment not just for his customers, but for all of his potential customers. Whereas, the US shopkeeper starts a sweep from the back of the shop and brushes it all outside onto the sidewalk or into the gutter.

I wonder if my neighbors are American shopkeepers. Hmmm.

Anyhow, Dust on My Floor, you can stay for the night, but you're going to get swept up in the morning because someone is supposed to come look at my place as a potential rental. Prepare yourself for a new home.

Sincerely,
BBB