Friday, July 05, 2024

IT'S THE TIME OF YEAR FOR STINGING AND BITING INSECTS

The best part of today was the early morning's cooler air.  Pheebs and I leisurely slipped out and cruised around a few country roads taking in Mother Nature's early July scenery.  With the amount of biting Deer Flies in the air there was no point in trying to set foot out of the Sabaru at the Bannockburn Conservation Area for a walk.  It's the time of year for stinging and biting insects in the air and especially so in the area's Conservation Areas with their creeks, ponds, and swampy areas.  The afternoon's humidity once again kept me inside.  

Al's Music Box:)) It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels is a 1952 country song written by J.D. "Jay" Miller, and recorded by Kitty Wells. It was an answer song to the Hank Thompson hit 'The Wild Side of Life'.  First performed by Al Montgomery as "Did God Make Honky Tonk Angels" on the Feature label which was owned by songwriter J.D. Miller.  The song — which blamed unfaithful men for creating unfaithful women became the first No. 1 Billboard country hit for a solo woman artist. In addition to helping establish Wells as country music's first major woman star, "It Wasn't God..." paved the way for other women artists, particularly Dolly Parton, Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, and Tammy Wynette and songs where women call out unfaithful men.  In 1998, the 1952 recording of the song by Wells on the Decca label was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.  It was preserved by the National Recording Registry in 2007.  In the late 1940s, Wells had recorded on RCA Victor, but had little success there. By 1952, she was recording on Decca Records, and recorded "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" at her first recording session.  In 'The Wild Side of Life', Thompson expresses regret his bride-to-be has left him for another man whom she met in a roadhouse, stating, "I didn't know that God made honky tonk angels." That song and its appeal to people who "thought the world was going to hell and that faithless women deserved a good deal of the blame...just begged for an answer from a woman".  The rebuttal song, as it turned out, was written by Jay Miller, although it was Wells who made it a hit.  In "It Wasn't God..." – which follows the same melody, but more uptempo – she cites the original song and counters that, for every woman who had been led astray, it was a man who led her there (often through his own infidelity). She also expresses frustration about how women are always made scapegoats for the man's faults in a given relationship.  Wells' statement was a rather daring one to make in 1952, particularly in the conservative, male-dominated realm of country music; women's liberation and their sentiments in the song were still more than 10 years away.  There was plenty of resistance to the song and its statement: the NBC radio network banned the song for being "suggestive," while Wells was prohibited from performing it on the Grand Ole Opry and NBC's "Prince Albert" radio program.   Yet Wells struck a chord with her fans, as "It Wasn't God..." went to number one for six weeks on Billboard magazine's country charts.  In topping the charts, Wells became the first woman to ever accomplish the feat, at least as a solo act; if all female singers are considered, then Margaret Whiting gets the honor (in a 1949 duet No. 1 with Jimmy Wakely called "Slippin' Around").  Wells was at first reluctant to record the song, but eventually agreed, if only to get the standard $125 session fee payment. Eventually, "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky-Tonk Angels" outsold Thompson's "The Wild Side of Life," and launched the then little-known Wells to stardom. Years later, Wells told an interviewer she was shocked over the song's success and endurance. "Women never had hit records in those days. Very few of them even recorded. I couldn't believe it happened," she said.  Historian Charles Wolfe noted "It Wasn't God..." was one of the few notable exceptions to the rule of an answer song not enjoying the same success as the original.  In 2024, Rolling Stone ranked the song at #11 on its 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time ranking.

GROANER'S CORNER: The boss of a big company needed to call one of his employees about an urgent problem with one of the main computers. He dialed the employee's home phone number and was greeted with a child's whispered, "Hello?"  Feeling put out at the inconvenience of having to talk to a youngster the boss asked, "Is your Daddy home?"  "Yes," whispered the small voice.  "May I talk with him?" the man asked.  To the surprise of the boss, the small voice whispered, "No."  Wanting to talk with an adult, the boss asked, "Is your Mommy there?"  "Yes", came the answer.  "May I talk with her?"  Again the small voice whispered, "No."  Knowing that it was not likely that a young child would be left home alone, the boss decided he would just leave a message with the person who should be there watching over the child.  "Is there anyone there besides you?" the boss asked the child.  "Yes" whispered the child, "A policeman."  Wondering what a cop would be doing at his employee's home, the boss asked, "May I speak with the policeman?"  "No, he's busy," whispered the child.  "Busy doing what?" asked the boss.  Talking to Daddy and Mommy and the fireman," came the whispered answer.  Growing concerned and even worried as he heard what sounded like a helicopter through the ear piece on the phone the boss asked, "What is that noise?"  "A hello-copper," answered the whispering voice.  "What is going on there?" asked the boss, now alarmed.  In an awed whispering voice the child answered, "The search team just landed the hello-copper."  Alarmed, concerned and more than just a little frustrated, the boss asked, "Why are they there?"  Still whispering, the young voice replied along with a muffled giggle, "They're looking for me."

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Golf balls are like eggs...They are both white, sold by the dozen, and a week later you have to go out and buy more.   

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Thursday, July 04, 2024

LUCKILY, IT DOESN'T HAPPEN EVERY NIGHT

 MOST OF TODAY'S PICS ARE FROM AN AFTERNOON WALK
My turn to drive this morning so I picked up my good buddy Richard and we headed straightaway to Clinton's Tim Hortons for two coffees and two carrot muffins to go.  Our country road travels on this fine sunny summer's morn took us southeast of Clinton nearly as far south as Exeter before heading west nearly as far as the shores of Lake Huron.  From there it was north up through Bayfield and home.  A fine way to spend a couple of enjoyable hours.

With the oppressive humidity in the air, I didn't venture out into the yard but Pheebs and I did later take a leisurely stroll into the pine forest beyond the pond.  Had the sun been out we would have not taken that walk. 

AN OLD BROKEN DOWN METAL GATE SEEN ALONG THE WAY THIS MORNING
I wonder how many people fall asleep at night with their computers sitting on top of them??  Not many I should think, but I am one of those who does.  Not every night of course but once or twice a week is not uncommon.  Not a heavy desktop computer mind you, but a lighter laptop.  As readers know, I have been sleeping in my recliner now for nearly a decade.  Because of some kind of medical condition I've never really understood, I can't sleep on my side in a bed.  Nor can I lay flat on my back on a bed.  My living room recliner is the only place I can comfortably sleep.  Kelly and I generally watch Canadian news from 10 to 10:30 p.m. whereupon Kelly heads for bed and I switch the channel to 'ambient music' and fire up my laptop computer.....on my lap.  It is at this time I generally start putting my blog together for the next day.  It is at this time I choose a song for 'Al's Music Box' and gather together the Wikipedia info for that particular song.  I then work on 'Groaner's Corner' deciding what cartoons I will put in the blog.  This all takes time and some of the Wikipedia stuff I have to sift through and retype.  Sometimes closer to midnight, I simply fall asleep 'at the switch' so to speak, only to be woken up later with my fingers still on the keyboard or a piece of music playing over and over.  Or maybe I will wake up to a half-finished sentence in a paragraph with no idea what I was writing about. etc.  In this sleepy haze, I simply close the laptop's cover and sleepily slide it off my lap onto a side table and try to figure out in the morning what it was I was writing about.  Seconds later I am totally asleep again.  Luckily, this doesn't happen every night......

 ONE OF OUR PARK POND'S MANY FROGS
 IT WAS A 'ONE TURTLE' WALK THIS AFTERNOON
 ONE OF OUR VERY OWN FRONT YARD FROGS
Al's Music Box:)) Runaway is a number-one Billboard Hot 100 song made famous by Del Shannon in 1961. It was written by Shannon and keyboardist Max Crook, and became a major international hit.  It was No. 472 on the 2010 version of Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of all Time.  Singer-guitarist Charles Westover and keyboard player Max Crook performed together as members of "Charlie Johnson and the Big Little Show Band" in Battle Creek, Michigan, before their group won a recording contract in 1960. Westover took the new stage name "Del Shannon", and Crook, who had invented his own clavioline-based electric keyboard called a Musitron, became "Maximilian".  After their first recording session for Big Top Records in New York City had ended in failure, their manager Ollie McLaughlin persuaded them to rewrite and re-record an earlier song they had written, "Little Runaway", to highlight Crook's unusual instrumental sound. On January 21, 1961, they recorded "Runaway" with Harry Balk as producer, Fred Weinberg as audio engineer, and also session musicians on several sections: session musician Al Caiola on guitar, Moe Wechsler on piano, and Crook playing the central Musitron break. Other musicians on the record included Al Casamenti and Bucky Pizzarelli on guitar, Milt Hinton on bass, and Joe arshall on drums. Bill Ramall, who was the arranger for the session, also played baritone sax.  "Runaway" was released in February 1961 and was immediately successful. On April 10 of that year, Shannon appeared on Dick Clark's American Bandstand, helping to catapult it to the number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100, where it remained for four weeks. 

GROANER'S CORNER:(( A man answers the phone and has the following conversation: "Yes, mother, I've had a hard day. Gladys has been most difficult...I know I ought to be more firm, but it is hard. Well, you know how she is..." "Yes, I remember you warned me. I remember you told me that she was a vile creature who would make my life miserable and you begged me not to marry her. You were perfectly right..."  "You want to speak with her? All right."  He looks up from the telephone and calls to his wife in the next room: "Gladys, your mother wants to talk to you!"

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- My superpower is holding onto junk for years and throwing it away a week before I need it.

- Not to brag or anything, but I can forget what I'm doing while I'm doing it.

- Artificial Intelligence can't replace you if your not intelligent.

- As long as everything is exactly the way I want it, I'm totally flexible.

- Nine out of ten times when I lose something it is because I had put it in a safe place.

- I found a book called 'How To Solve 50% of your problems so I bought two of them.

- Sixty may be the new forty but the one hundred dollar bill is now the new twenty. 

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I was on vacation in Texas, and was appalled by Dallas' chaotic traffic.  I asked the bellhop at the hotel why it was so disorderly.  "In some countries, they drive on the right, in others on the left. Here, we drive in the shade."

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Wednesday, July 03, 2024

REMEMBER THAT RV WE WENT TO LOOK AT NORTH OF LONDON A FEW WEEKS AGO??

 GODERICH'S ROTARY COVE
Another really nice summer morning so with Subie's windows down, Pheebs and I moonroofed our way to Goderich and back.  Our usual stops while there at McD's for a coffee to go with a spin down around the harbor and beach areas.  Following that, it was a Walmart stop to pick up a prescription and a few groceries.  On the way home under growing cloudy skies we slipped around to Bayfield's south end and picked up a couple 20-pound bags of birdseed at the Porters Hill Wild Birdseed Company  Best birdseed place around:))

SPOTTED THIS COUPLE ENJOYING THEIR TIME AT THE BEACH
 ALSO SPOTTED THIS COUPLE ENJOYING LAKE HURON'S REFRESHINGLY COOL WATERS
Our wondrous cool spell of recent weeks has been replaced by summer's miserable heat and humidity again but luckily the afternoon cloud cover kept it from being worse than it could have been.

 LAKE HURON WAS SHOWING OFF HER BEAUTIFUL AQUA COLORS THIS MORNING
I buried my nose in my book for much of the afternoon knowing that if I went outside I would end up in an uncomfortable sticky situation.  Not much in the way of photos today but I did manage a few in Goderich while the sun was out.

Readers may remember a sunny Saturday morning a few weeks ago when Kelly, Pheebs, and I took a drive to look at an RV north of London, Ontario. (My Post for that Day)  No, not for us, but for RV blogging friends of ours who at the time were traveling in Europe.  You can read the results of that Saturday morning here at Kevin and Ruth's blog, Travel with Kevin and Ruth.  You can also find these fine travel folks on my sidebar:))

Al's Music Box:)) The Ballad Of Davy Crockett is a song with music by George Bruns and lyrics by Thomas W. Blackburn. It was introduced on ABC's television series Disneyland, in the premiere episode of October 27, 1954.  Fess Parker is shown performing the song on a log cabin set in frontiersman clothes, accompanied by similarly attired musicians. The familiar refrain of "Davy, Davy Crockett" is heard throughout the song, which sings of the man's praises. The song would later be heard throughout the Disneyland television miniseries Davy Crockett, first telecast on December 15, 1954. This version was sung by The Wellingtons. Parker played the role of Davy Crockett in the miniseries and continued in four other episodes made by Walt Disney Studios. Buddy Ebsen co-starred as George "Georgie" Russel, and Jeff York played legendary boatman Mike Fink.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( The local sheriff was looking for a deputy, so Gomer, who was not exactly the sharpest nail in the bucket, went in to try out for the job  "Okay," the sheriff drawled, "Gomer, what is 1 and 1?"  "11" he replied.  The sheriff thought to himself, "That's not what I meant, but he's right. What two days of the week start with the letter 'T'?"  "Today and tomorrow."The sheriff was again   surprised that Gomer supplied a correct answer that he had never thought of himself.  "Now Gomer, listen carefully: Who killed Abraham Lincoln?"  Gomer looked a little surprised himself, then thought really hard for a minute and finally admitted, "I don't know."  "Well, why don't you go home and work on that one for a while?"  So, Gomer wandered over to the barbershop where his pals were waiting to hear the results of the interview. Gomer was exultant. "It went great!  First day on the job and I'm already working on a murder case!"

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In Las Vegas, "What Happens Here, Stays Here" is getting old, so a contest is being held for new slogans. Here are the leading contenders:
1) Las Vegas: Better than Detroit
2) It's The Gambling, Stupid
3) You're Broke, Hung Over and Upset. Now Go Home
4) Where Luck Goes to Die
5) More Than Thirty Million Schmucks a Year Can't Be Wrong
6) We've Got What It Takes To Take What You've Got

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- What does E.T. stand for?  Because he hasn't got a chair!

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"Fidel Castro was still in the hospital with a serious medical condition. He still thought communism was a good idea until he was being rushed to the hospital in an old dilapidated '55 Oldsmobile."

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Tuesday, July 02, 2024

GRUBINSKYIESENHEIMER, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT

Another cool sunny one.  Good stuff but nothing like a long weekend to screw up one's day perception.  I thought for sure it was Sunday all day.  Maybe it was, I don't know, so in order to give my head a shake I tried to spell my name backwards.  Couldn't even do that.  No, don't try it, you'll just mess up your day too and especially if your name is Schwartzentruber or Schlickengruber or Grubinskyiesenheimer, or something like that.

 
THE FIRST CONE FLOWERS I HAVE SEEN THIS YEAR AND DID YOU NOTICE A TINY BUTTERFLY ON THE FLOWER AT LEFT??  IF NOT, LOOK AT THE NEXT PIC

With a nice summer's morning breeze in the air, Pheebs and I took the longer scenic route to The Linwood Wildlife Area southeast of Bayfield and as it turns out we were the only wildlife there.  Had ourselves a walk along the hedgerow between two cornfields.  There's a vantage point here where the distant blue waters of Lake Huron can be seen a few miles off to the west.  I like to stand here each time we come and simply take in the rural scenery stretched out in front of me.  It's always a time for reflection.  The morning's gentle breeze rustling through a stand of nearby trees added an extra feeling of calm as I stood there.  After a bit of thinking, Pheebs and I walked back to the car and headed for home.
 I STOOD HERE LISTENING TO THE GENTLE BREESE PLAYING THROUGH THESE TREES

 THE AQUA BLUE WATERS OF LAKE HURON CAN BE SEEN NEARLY 3 MILES AWAY
WE STOPPED TO SAY HELLO TO A COUPLE OF CONTENTED COWS ALONG THE WAY TODAY

 SPOTTED THIS LITTLE FELLOW ON AN AFTERNOON WALK
Always yard work to do here and this morning was no exception.  Some encroaching vines on the roof of our shed had to be taken down before they got under the shingles.  A tall shrub out front near the road had to be topped off so I did that too.  It was shortly before noon with the humidex on the rise when I finally pulled the plug, headed inside, and cranked up my sunroom pedestal fan.  

 ANOTHER WHEELBARROW LOAD OF YARD CLIPPINGS
Al's Music Box:)) From The Beginning (A lot of memories with this song and it's one of my all-time favorites from the early 70's and I liked it so much I bought the album, which I still have) This song is written by Greg Lake and performed by the progressive rock trio Emerson, Lake, and Palmer. It was released on their 1972 album Trilogy It is driven by an acoustic guitar line with layers of electric guitar (both rhythm and lead), electric bass guitar, and sung by Lake, with some backing on drums (played by Carl Palmer with congas, tympani mallets and without cymbals), and with a distinctive closing synthesizer solo from Keith Emerson, accompanied by overdubbed synthesizer sounds.  Record World said that "Greg Lake gets a great sound out of his band on this acoustically jazzy number that highlights his voice and fine lyrics.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( You might be a redneck if...

On your first date you had to ask your Dad to borrow the keys to the tractor.
Your parakeet knows the phrase "Open up, Police!"
You saved lots of money on your honeymoon by going deer hunting.
In tough situations you ask yourself, "What would Curly do?"
Taking your wife on a cruise means circling the Dairy Queen.
You think the last words to the Star Spangled Banner are "Play Ball..."
You have a color coordinating rope that ties down your car hood.
You bring your dog to work with you.
Your grandmother can correctly execute the sleeper hold.
You've ever held somebody up with a caulk gun.
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Heard On Noahs Ark::
10. "Did anyone think about bringing a couple of umbrellas?"

9. "Hey, there are more than two flies in here!"

8. "Wasn't someone supposed to put two shovels on board?"

7. "OK, who's the wise-guy who brought the mosquitoes on board?"

6. "Help! I need some Pepto for the elephants, QUICK!"

5. "Don't Make Me Pull This Ark Over And Come Back There!"

4. "No Ham, you cannot eat the Pig!"

3. "And whatever you do, DO NOT pull this plug out."

2. "Nice Doggie!"

AND THE NUMBER ONE THING OVERHEARD ON NOAH'S ARK.....

1. "Are We There Yet?"

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Monday, July 01, 2024

A CANADA DAY PARADE RIGHT HERE IN OUR BAYFIELD PINES PARK:))

Sunshine beaming through our living room window heralded the start of another day and not only the beginning of a new week, but the beginning of a new month as well.  I like new beginnings sometimes.  We are kinda like right now 'unofficially' halfway through summer.

 OUR BACK YARD PRICKLY PEAR CACTUS IS IN BLOOM
With such a nice-looking morning going on, Pheebs and I headed on over to the south end of the Hullett Marsh northeast of Clinton.   Hadn't been to this particular area for probably a year or more.  With the cooler morning air, I figured maybe the mosquitos in the swampy area would be subdued.  I figured right but I had forgotten about the biting Deer Flies.  Luckily for me, I had a long-sleeve shirt over my short-sleeve shirt, or else those miserable things would have sawed my arms off.

 A GREAT MORNING FOR A WALK IN THE MARSH
What impressed me most about our morning walk was that I didn't have a speck of pain or discomfort in my legs, and especially my right leg which had been acting up a bit about a month or so ago.  I was able to walk perfectly normal this morning which was not something I could do a year ago at this time nearly 8 months before my right hip replacement.  If I didn't know I had a hip replacement last February, I wouldn't even know I had a hip replacement last February.

Pheebs did really well on our walk and busied herself smelling everything along the trail.  At one point she came running past me so fast she almost blew my hat off.  But I also noticed she was very glad to get back to the car.  I gave her a big drink before we headed off along a few dusty country roads with front windows down and the moonroof wide open.  With cooler air and a nice breeze, it had been a perfect weather morning for a walk in the Hullett Marsh.     

 I WAS GLAD THEY HAD MOWED THE GRASS ALONG THIS DYKE BUT I STILL ENDED UP WITH WET SQUISHY TOES IN MY RUNNING SHOES FROM THE NIGHT'S HEAVY ON THE GRASS
ALL THOSE BITS OF WHITE ARE FROM A RECENT LARGE HATCHING OF TURTLE EGGS AND I'M GUESSING MAYBE SNAPPING TURTLES
 TIME TO HEAD BACK TO THE CAR WHICH IS SOMEWHERE WAY UP THERE AT THE TOP RIGHT
BACK AT THE CAR
 A BIG DRINK OF WATER FOR THE PHEEBS
 FOR OBVIOUS REASONS WE HAD TO GO SLOW LEAVING THE MARSH
 DOING THE 'TURKEY TROT'
Home again and with morning temperatures on the cool side I figured it would be a good time to get some car cleaning done so out came the necessary vacuum cleaner to start things off.  I sure wish someone would invent a noiseless vacuum cleaner.  Maybe put mufflers on the darn things or something.  And, while they're at it, make it cordless too.  As a matter of fact, I'd like to see everything that has a cord.....cordless!!  Tangled electrical cords, ropes, and garden hoses drive me bonkers. 

 AREA CORN FIELDS CREEPING OVER HILL AND DALE SEEM TO GO ON FOREVER
 OH THE SMELL OF NEW MOWN HAY
 AND THERE'S THE FELLA DOING ALL THE MOWING
 THIS IS WHAT THE FIELDS LOOK LIKE AFTER THE GRASS HAS BEEN CUT, BALED, AND HAULED AWAY
With this great weather and Canada Day happening at the same time, it was a perfect set-up for our Park's very own 2 p.m. annual drive-by Canada Day parade.  Thanks to all the jovial and enthusiastic Park residents for taking the time and making the effort to doll up their Hotrods and take a spin around the Park.  Nothing like seeing Seniors doing wheelies and donuts and getting those carts up on two wheels going speedily around the corners:))

 KELLY AND OUR GOOD NEIGHBOR MONICA AT THE END OF OUR DRIVEWAY WAITING FOR THE PARK'S CANADA DAY PARADE TO GO ROLLING BY
AND BY GOLLY WITH HORNS BLOWING, SIRENS WAILING, AND FOLKS HOOTING AND HOLLERING, HERE THEY COME NOW
 OKAY LADIES, THE PARADES OVER.....WHAT NOW??
A Blast From Our Past:)) Back in 2009 I decided to try my hand at designing a logo for 'The Bayfield Bunch'.  Here are my two posts about that.  In the first post, you can see my design and in the second post, you can see my slightly revised design after I asked readers for their suggestions.  Having A Whirl At Creating A Logo and Fixed Kelly's Hair And Squared Off My Hat.

 AND DOWN THE ROAD A BIT HOW ABOUT THESE FOLKS NOT MOVED IN YET BUT THEY HAVE THEIR CANADA DAY FLAG PROUDLY FLYING ANYAY:))
Al's Music Box:)) It's Not Unusual is a song written by Les Reed and Gordon Mills, first recorded by a then-unknown Tom Jones, after it had first been offered to Sandie Shaw He intended it as a demo for her, but when she heard it she was so impressed with his delivery that she recommended he sing it instead.  The musical arranger was Les Reed. Although the guitarist has been cited as Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin, Reed has said the only guitarist was Joe Moretti, who also played on 'Shakin' All Over' and 'Brand New Cadillac'.  Page lists the session in his online discography.  Drums were played by Scottish percussionist Andy White, who had previously drummed on a Beatles recording session, or possibly by Ronnie Verrell.  Alan Grahame has also said he was involved.  According to Jones's regular drummer, Chris Slade, there were four attempts with different drummers, him included, in order to get one with the right 'feel'. Though he was certain that his take was not chosen, he was unable to confirm which one of the others did make the final recording. Jones's group, 'Tom Jones and the Squires', were missing their regular keyboard player for the session, so Slade (a future member of Manfred Mann's Earth Band, AC/DC, and The Firm with JimmyPage and Paul Rogers) ran across the street to the "La Giaconda" coffee house and recruited the then-unknown Reginald Dwight (who later adopted the stage name Elton John) for the one-day recording session.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( A wandering monk walked barefoot everywhere he went, to the point that the soles of his feet eventually became quite thick and leathery. And because he ate very little, he gradually became very frail. Several days often passed between opportunities to brush his teeth, so he usually had bad breath. Therefore, throughout the region, he came to be known as the super-calloused fragile mystic plagued with halitosis.

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Husband: "Honey, why do you usually answer me back with a question when I ask you a question?"
Wife: "Is that what I do?"

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"Doctor, Doctor, You've got to help me - I just can't stop my hands shaking!"  "Do you drink a lot?"  "Not really - I spill most of it!"

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Husband: Babe, after work I had an accident. Sabrina took me to the hospital. After various tests, they said I was in a bad state with cervical dislocation, and multiple facial injuries. Also, they will have to amputate my right leg.

Wife: Who is Sabrina?

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