I am going to end this week of posts with three things I have observed this week, and my reaction to them. 

First:  This one is just a little annoying to me. Over the course of the last four years I have been in the position to hear the National Anthem being sung approximately two hundred seventy-two times. Most of them have been pretty good performances. There have been some who had not business singing anything, anywhere but in the shower, but that is not my beef. My beef concerns those who choose to re-write the song. Last night’s version may have been the most annoying of the bunch. This young lady started off pretty well, but then throughout the duration of the song she took the liberty of singing it in at least a half dozen different time beats, and maybe three different keys. She started the song in ¾ time, and then went to 2/2 time, she may have used a little 6/8 time, and as far as I’m concerned I think she may have ended up on 39/27 time. I wish folks would just sing it as it is written so the rest of us could sing along. 

Second:  There are way to many people in America eating way too much food. If we can become as concerned about this problem as we are about killing all the bacteria on our grocery carts (see germ-a-phobics post from June 8th) we could become a more fit nation. It appears to me that many people’s nutrition plan involves eating as fast as they can so the brain cannot figure out the belly is full. But, they realize they shouldn’t eat so much, so they counter act the over eating by washing the food down with largest DIET drink known to man. Yup, that should solve the problem. 

Third:  It is amazing to me how many folks chew with their mouths open. I mean Grand Canyon open. Can you say “GROSS?!!!” Please friends, gently close your lips and chew, you don’t have to kill the food while eating it, it’s already dead. All you are doing is breaking the food down so it can be easily swallowed. 

Any of you guys old enough to remember that line by Quick Draw McGraw? He would tell the bad guy to; “Hold on there!” remember that? Well, hold on there, I have just come up with a great new diet plan. How about we take a complete stranger, someone who eats with their mouths wide open while rolling the food around inside, and sit them directly across from the folks eating that “super, grande, biggie, colossal sized meal. Now we instruct those folks to look intently inside the mouths of the gaping hole eaters while eating their meal. Yup, I think that’s it, the ultimate eat less plan.  

Have a great weekend friends. 

Till next time,

Grump

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