Whatzit?

[rogruth]

Looked again at the cold, empty turtle, reptilian, eye(s). Those eyes certainly are not mammalian eyes. Seeing their emptiness makes me imagine and wonder how empty the eyes of the dinosaurs must have been, simply dedicated to killing, and eating, defending and, in some cases, pack-herding, possibly.

Same eyes in and across the board in Congress......

Who/what you like to have there?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Looked again at the cold, empty turtle, reptilian, eye(s). Those eyes certainly are not mammalian eyes. Seeing their emptiness makes me imagine and wonder how empty the eyes of the dinosaurs must have been, simply dedicated to killing, and eating, defending and, in some cases, pack-herding, possibly.

Same eyes in and across the board in Congress......

Who/what you like to have there?

Simples. Human beings that actually serve their electorate. Very rare beasts indeed.

[rogruth]

Same eyes in and across the board in Congress......

Who/what you like to have there?

Simples. Human beings that actually serve their electorate. Very rare beasts indeed.

IMO some do but serve themselves even more.

[chuck]

Human beings that actually serve their electorate. Very rare beasts indeed.

They are getting to be increasingly rare as the more vocal members of their "electorate" go off the rails complaining/demanding everything (both sides). No one is willing to compromise and a lot of them (electors as well as the elected) have no core beliefs/philosophy other than I want what I want and I want it now, principals be damned. If it's inconvenient or is going to take too long (like more than 5 minutes) count me out.

Maybe we should make all of these positions like jury duty. You get a piece of mail saying you have been selected to serve as "fill in the blank" for the next three months. If you don't show up we throw you in jail. You could make a reality TV show of the people trying to come up with excuses to not have to serve. If you fail to do the work or do a real sh*tty job you are sentenced to an even worse position for an even longer period of time. You can always plead guilty and do jail time followed by voluntary expulsion from the state. If you don't leave we commute the sentence to mandatory expulsion.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Who/what you like to have there?

Simples. Human beings that actually serve their electorate. Very rare beasts indeed.

IMO some do but serve themselves even more.

That they serve themselves at all is a problem

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Human beings that actually serve their electorate. Very rare beasts indeed.

They are getting to be increasingly rare as the more vocal members of their "electorate" go off the rails complaining/demanding everything (both sides). No one is willing to compromise and a lot of them (electors as well as the elected) have no core beliefs/philosophy other than I want what I want and I want it now, principals be damned. If it's inconvenient or is going to take too long (like more than 5 minutes) count me out.

The only principle embraced by all is to do whatever it takes to get re-elected.

Maybe we should make all of these positions like jury duty. You get a piece of mail saying you have been selected to serve as "fill in the blank" for the next three months. If you don't show up we throw you in jail. You could make a reality TV show of the people trying to come up with excuses to not have to serve. If you fail to do the work or do a real sh*tty job you are sentenced to an even worse position for an even longer period of time. You can always plead guilty and do jail time followed by voluntary expulsion from the state. If you don't leave we commute the sentence to mandatory expulsion.

Interesting entertaining idea. Lottery. Been explored in more than a few books......make the job painful and w/o any real reward.

Better than some reality TV.......but only by a shred.

But maybe we should return to a Whatzit? instead of pursuing this topic here any further?

[webenda]

Looked again at the cold, empty turtle, reptilian, eye(s). Those eyes certainly are not mammalian eyes. Seeing their emptiness makes me imagine and wonder how empty the eyes of the dinosaurs must have been, simply dedicated to killing, and eating, defending and, in some cases, pack-herding, possibly.

"Why did the turtle cross the road?' Did he have any idea? Maybe for prey? For companionship and friends, like mammals do? Doubtful (IMHO).

Clint's pet snapping turtle loves to have his head rubbed. It also takes food out of Clint's hand gently (no snapping at it.) A very loving creature.


Typical of pet snapping turtles, Clint's is too fat. How can you resist a snapping turtle when it comes up to you begging for food? As pets, they get too much to eat.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Thanks, Wayne!

Not known anyone to have a pet snapper.......w/o missing a finger or two.

[chuck]

Not known anyone to have a pet snapper.......w/o missing a finger or two.

I would classify those as having a face only a mother could love. Guess I am wrong.

[webenda]

Another Whatzit?

[E7]

Soylent Green!

Sorry, couldn't resist that! Looks like a bunch of tightly packed clover. There are blades of grass sticking up here and there.

[gregj410]

Thanks, Wayne!

Not known anyone to have a pet snapper.......w/o missing a finger or two.

He’d make a great door stop

[chuck]

Prostrate knotweed?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

No idea - it's green stuff and get mowed over unless it's got pretty flowers.

[webenda]

This whatzit is not a plant.

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