Observation: One of the benefits of home-based self-employment is I can spend my lunch hour cleaning the target pistol I shot over the weekend.
Try that in a cubicle.
For those without small-caliber firearms to clean, consider investing a few minutes in this hilarious post on The Angler’s Culvert blog – an homage to a brilliant letter written by Russell Chatham (when Gray’s Sporting Journal was still young).
He was responding to a letter of complaint from an easily offended reader, and that response, frankly, is priceless. Here’s a small taste:
“You can never go broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people.” Barnum made it a rule. The success of so many doltish outdoor magazines seems to bear him out.
Give the rest of the blog a read too, written as it is by someone with more than a little skill arranging words.
See you at lunch, Tom Chandler.
“Fishermen and hunters are not supposed to fornicate, swear, belch, fart, beat their wives and children, accrue unreasonable debts, drink, or skip church.” Sound familiar? You’ve been to chess tourneys; I saw you there! Shoot, I took my life in your hands and rode with you in your truck, not once, but twice, to one such event.
Besides, seven out of nine ain’t bad; maybe that makes me an honorary fisherman? Shudder…
The Chile Doctor(Quote)
I’m reluctant to ask exactly which seven.
Tom Chandler(Quote)
Yeah, that working at home thing certainly allows one to do all variety of activities that those in the office wouldn’t, or shouldn’t, do. My favorite is hearing the flush of a toilet while on a conference call.
I second the nod to The Anglers Culvert. Jonny and TJ have a unique voice in the sport.
Steve Z(Quote)
For a lot of the conference calls I’ve been on, that’s entirely appropriate…
Tom Chandler(Quote)