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6. Terrace Review — Wednesday, September ‘21, 1988.

Can | quote you on that?

Commentary “—~ by Stephanie Wiebe .

Notice the following famous
quotes:

“The mass of men lead lives
of quiet desperation.’”’ — Henry
David Thoreau.

“Birds of a feather flock
together. *? _. Cervantes.

“Damn, they keep changing
my garbage day.”’ — Delores
Johnson.

1 wonder why that last one
doesn’t seem to fit. None of my
friends ever say anything so
deeply philosophical or wise that
they’re repeatedly quoted to im-
press others. I guess I hang
around the wrong people.

Imagine Thoreau having a
beer with his buddies, casually
discussing his home plumbing
problems. Did he ever say
anything normal, like, ‘“Geez,
ya gotta pay a fortune for a
good plumber these days.’* And

did. his friends then whisper

among themselves, ‘Should we
write that one down?’’ ‘‘No, I
like the one about the ‘different
drummer’ better.”’

Simeon Strunsky once said,
“Famous remarks are very
seldom quoted correctly,’’ For
all we know, when Thoreau was
quoted as saying ‘‘...Per-
haps...he hears a different
drummer’’, he may have really
said ‘“‘Perhaps he has a different
plumber.”

“ When R.W. Emerson said,

‘Everyman, I will go. with thee,
and be thy guide, in thy most
tieed to go by thy side,”
his wife replied, ‘‘Wow, honey,
that’s really deep. Let’s send it
into ‘Bartlett’s Familiar Quota-
tions’. 9?

I’ve been collecting profound
Squotes over the years. My family

and friends have said some
#éings worth writing down. For

ple, my mother has been

“SHuoted as saying, ‘‘Jeff, feed the
‘eat fo the dog.” Or ‘“‘Rudy,.

watch it — those bushes are
bushes!’? A close friend once
said, ‘‘Darn it, there’s a piece of
carrot up my nose. I hate it when
that happens.’’ Another friend
“says, “If it’s smokin’, it's

For. FURTHER
CALL JUDY

“maybe -

cookin’ — if it's black, it’s
done.’? Why isn’t Mr. Bartlett
interested in these?

I sometimes get the feeling
that these famous quoters lived
in a different world than I.
Heavy thinking requires a full
concentration of brain cells.
Someone quoted as saying,
‘“‘The impoverishing philosophy
of ages has laid stress on the
distinctions of the individual,
and not on the universal at-
tributes of man,” (Ralph W.
Emerson), has obviously never
tried to plug a hole in his
radiator or scrubbed ketchup
stains out of the beige rug. And
didn't they have kids around? A
person who must explain where
earwax comes from, why people
throw up, and what does one do
with a nose booger in public,
cannot possibly conjure up deep

profound thoughts: for ‘Mtr.

' Bartlett:

The quotations I'd really like

to hear are those replies directed ff.
toward the famous quoters. It |

could be irritating to-live with a

wise philosopher: who sits and J

thinks while you clean up after

the new puppy. When Walt

Whitman said, ‘I have no

mockings or arguments; I wit-

ness and wait,” I’ll bet his wife
said, ‘‘Oh shut up, Walt!”’ And

Mrs, Thoreau probably had to .
do her own plumbing. .

Robert Buton was quoted as
saying, ‘‘We can say nothing but
what hath been said.”’ Regard-
less, I’m going to start writing
down the things my friends say.
You never know when a ‘pro-
found statement might become
famous. Meanwhile, I have to
agree with Delores — I wish
they’d stop changing my Sar
bage day.

| ~ | Roadrunners | take off.
for toys this Saturday.

_tion, the Inn of the West.

~The Sixth Annual Toy Run, organized. by the. Roadrun-
ners. Motorcycle Club, will take place this Saturday, ° .
According ‘to club spokesman James Gilham, cyclists will
be departing from the weigh scales at 2 p.m.; tour Greig
and Lakelse Ave., and finally donate their gifts of toys to
Salvation Army Captain John Harker at their final destina-

Gilham says the ride is open to anyone, regardless of the
size of their bike, and wil! take place rain or shine. For
those wanting to help-but who don’t have a bike, Gilham
says they should contact the Thornhill Volunteer Fire
Department, The Thornhill yolunteers repair and donate
toys to the Salvation Army, and donations can-be dropped
off at the firchall any Wednesday or Thursday night be-

tween the hours of 7 and 10 p.m.

According to Gilham, the annual Toy Run normally at-
tracts about 100 bikers who enter the event simply because
they enjoy the opportunity to help. He says that the run .

also serves as a reminder to everyone that Christmas isn’t
really that far away, and it’s time to start getting things
together.so that those in need won't be disappointed, .

Two old friends meet again. at the Legion

by Roy Greening
Bill and Sid at Branch 13

Bill: Well, Sid, another great
year starting for the Legion. |
suppose you're going to putin a
lot of time helping out on work
parties,

Sid: I don’t know, Bill, it
looks like all the’ work’s been
done over the summer. The
dance area has been renovated
and the outside has been
painted.

Bill;- Sure, a lot of it by
volunteer help. I didn’t see you
out there.

Sid: 1 know you don’t even
care, Bill, but I ‘was in the
hospital.

Bill: Oh, I’m sorry to hear
that. Was it serious?

Sid: Well, the doctor said it
was touch and go. If I touched

any more nurses I’d have to go. |

Bill: Why: don’t you get
serious. -This place runs on
volunteer help. If everyone did a
little bit it would be-a lot better
than the same old burnt-out few
doing it all.

Sid: That reminds me of that

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SAM. ~5.PM,

story I read in the Legion
magazine. A private in the First
World War was trudging along
weighted down with his pack,
rifle, ammunition and rations
when the colonel rode up on his
horse. When he saw the laden-
down private slogging through
the mud, he said, ““Would you
like to take my horse?’* Without
even looking up the private said,
“Hell, no, I’ve got enough to
carry already.”’

Bill: Those are the guys that
really won, the war, Sid — the

ify you. wish to announce:
"the birth of: YOUR. baby, please fill out the form %

privates. Just like here; it’s the
rank and file that should be
pitching in. I’m going to come
down next Sunday and give a
hand with the new. ceiling tiles.
What would you like to do, Sid?

Sid: Nothing. That’s my day
off, Bill. Besides, I attend all the
general meetings and lots don’t
do that. A few people can do it
faster than a lot of us milling
around getting in the way.
Anyway, I have special training
and it’s not for putting up ceil-
ing tiles.

available in the maternity ward at Mills Memorial
a Hospital. We will pick up your forms every week,

Bill: You remind me of

another story in the Legion

magazine, At an airfield in-

North Africa during World War

-JI, the routine was the same. At.
first light the alert would sound, |

pilots would run to their Hur-
ricanes, start up and taxi out to
the runway. At that point the
all-clear would sound and they

would taxi back to their.disper-:
sals and return to the sack. One

disgruntled ‘pilot trained an ape.
to do this for him. All this went

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| SHUSTER - _ ‘Gerd and Becky are pleased to announce
the birth of a baby girl, Shantel Vannesa Shuster, born
August 29, 1988, weighing 5 Ib. 120z.

TODD — Keith and Michelle are pleased to announce the

birth of a daughter, M

1988, weighing 7

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