Barbwire Bob

OPINION

Ramblin' around the corral with Bob Sweeney

Proceed at your own risk is my present philosophy towards the coronavirus. If you are fearful, have some health conditions, and your work lets you stay home, or retired, just stay at home and watch the “My Pillow” commercials that are so redundant they are giving me a headache. I know Mike Lindell invented those pillows, we have some of them and probably everyone in America must have some by now. Talk about advertising, wow he takes the cake. I think Saturday Night Alive should do a parody on his pillow talk and the Giza cotton sheets et al.

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I watched the Fight Club, an old movie last week and its kind of rang a bell with what is going on across America regarding the planned protests and the paid activists who disrupt the peaceful protests. Brad Pitt is a nutcase who forms a group of misfits and at the end they start blowing up buildings with homemade explosives made with fat and lye. The group have fights nightly and thrive on violence.

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I’ve been introduced to ZOOM, the Wall Street fad (ZM) that was selling for $219 a share last week. ZOOM is a very easy way to have video conferencing with small or large groups of people where you can view each other converse back and forth. I belong to several organizations where we do business and vote via ZOOM. The Denver Lions Club has been holding meetings via ZOOM instead of lunch at Maggiano’s. We even have speakers and elections on this video conference network.

This is probably a game changer for some board meetings and clubs.

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In looking back this past year and we have lost so many icons from our Metro community. I miss Mort Marks. Seeing Marvin Wolf and Judi at many social events, Marvin was such a gentle soul and he and Judi were involved in so many community events. Steve Farber should have been governor. Gone is Ed McVaney; a friend told me was the power behind Valor high school. We lost Judge Robert Fullerton who is credited with marrying at least 1000 couples. He had the warmest smile that was wonderful for a judge. Don Ringsby, was highlighted last week with tributes from his friends and colleagues in his work in the Consular Corp. With this pandemic, it is hard to bring closure without funerals, memorial tributes, and wakes to loved ones, whether they be icons or just husbands, fathers, and grandfathers. We should cherish our family and friends and stay in touch with them by email, letters, and phone calls.

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During this pandemic my emails have increased dramatically. Column suggestions and humor have been filling my computer screen, along with political request for money. This particular piece seems timely and has no source but it’s worth reading.

BUTTER MILK PHILOSOPY

“ A while back I read a story of a visiting pastor who attended a men’s breakfast in the middle of a rural farming area of the country. The group had asked an older farmer, decked out in bib overalls to say grace for the morning breakfast. (Reminds me of The Optimist Club of Monaco South)

“Lord, I hate buttermilk” the farmer began. The visiting pastor opened one eye to glance at the farmer and wondered where this was going.

The farmer loudly proclaimed, “Lord I hate lard,: Now the pastor was growing concerned.

Without missing a beat, the farmer continued, “And Lord, you know I don’t much care for raw white flour,” The pastor once again opened an eye to glance around the room and saw that he wasn’t the only one to feel uncomfortable.

Then the farmer added, “But Lord, when you mix them all together and bake them, I do love warm fresh biscuits. So, Lord, when things come up that we don’t like, when life gets hard, when we don’t understand what you’re saying to us, help us to just relax and wait until you are done mixing. It will probably be even better than biscuits. AMEN

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