The Dynamic Duo

I don’t know how many of you are familiar with “Deep Thoughts by Jack Handy”. It was a feature on Saturday Night Live for a while, and a particular favorite of UltraBob and Johnny’s. Many of them were really silly (okay all of them were), but once in a while one of them would really strike a funny bone, even with older-generation UltraMom. UltraDebi, my sister, once gave UBob a calendar with beautiful scenes from nature. In elegant calligraphy, words were superimposed on each scene. They were “Deep Thoughts”. Unsuspecting, people would draw near to read and usually a puzzled look would cross their face as they read something like (my paraphrase) “If you ever drop your keys in a molten volcanic lava flow, just let them go. Cause, Man, they’re gone!” or “When you die, if you have a choice between regular heaven and pie heaven, choose pie heaven. May be its not real, but if it is, Yum, Yum.” I’m sure UB can think of some others, and even correct the ones that I remembered.

Today I came across a quote that is totally “Deep-Thought” worthy. If was on a page-a-day calendar titled “Wild Words From Wild Women”, and sits by my co-workers desk. Some of the words are a little TOO wild, and she often has to tear off several pages to find one she feels would be appropriate for inquisitive customer to read. But this one is great, and is really pretty good advice:

“Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you are a mile away from them, and you have their shoes.”
-Freida Norris, doyenne of drollery [sic]

Deeply yours,
UltraMom, hostess of hilarity