#fred mabbott

I’m a terrible golfer. The last time I went, a shot landed in the deep rough, in the trees. I used my seven iron to attempt to get out. Then I saw a skeleton with a seven iron by his side. I know! I was startled and immediately got my nine iron. Clearly I wouldn’t get out with the seven iron.

Somewhere in the Mabbott family gene pool, something went completely haywire. I have three athletic…

Today is National Siblings Day here in the US, which strikes me as odd. I’m going to celebrate the people who were always trying to inflict as much pain (in a fun way and I participated) as possible? Seems weird to me. I really do love them all deeply. 

We had a lot of fun when we were kids. We had secret clubs, played lots of cards games, took on nearly every dare, told each other what we were…

A preacher noticed a little boy trying to ring a doorbell but it was just out of his reach. He walked over to help the boy. After he pressed the doorbell, he asked, “Now what?” The boy turned and shouted, “NOW WE RUN!!”

Ah, the things we do as kids. The two brothers closest to my age and I did some pretty crazy things and got in quite a bit of trouble, as well. Still, I would do the same things…

You Can’t Fire Me, I Quit!!

I took my desktop computer to a repair shop because it was making a loud noise. The tech listened to it and said, “The hard drive just needs to be put back in place. If I do it I’ll have to charge you $40. It’s easy to do it yourself and save the money”. I asked if his boss knew that he was turning away business. He said, “It was actually her idea. We make a lot more when people try to fix their…