really, and would surely fill both sides of these beautiful gold tablets, cluttering them, destroying their aesthetic impact entirely.â
Where are the gold tablets, you ask? Unfortunately, they are lost to time. Yes, I know Iâve only been walking for forty-five minutes, but heyâ¦time swallowed them up. Iâm not sure where I was when I lost them to time, but it was somewhere between minutes thirty-two and forty-three, by my guesstimate. Please, dolook for them. Look and look and look, but donât stop believing or you will surely NEVER find them! As they say, âYou canât win if you donât play!â
So there you have it. I met God down by the trestle and now I am here to share the good news. Iâm not saying everyone should follow me, or give me something called a âtithingâ with which to do as I please, but it wouldnât hurt and I think itâs what He would have wanted.
Famous QuotationsâUnabridged
â If you tell the truth, you donât have to remember anything . You can just be a big dummy who doesnât remember anything, ever, but who everybody trusts a lot. A big, stupid, dummy.â âMark Twain
POLITICIANâS PROMISE
H ello, and let me begin by thanking the citizenry of this great state for electing me as your representative to the United States Senate. Iâve never been to Washington, so I havenât been tainted by its atmosphere or culture. Washington and its ways are a complete mystery to me, I assure you, so when I get there it wonât be politics as usual. In fact, it wonât be politics at all! Thank you for that standing ovation. Please, let me continue.
Since I know nothing at all about Washington, the first thing Iâm going to do when I get there is buy a map. I want to get a sense of how the city is laid out. Are there any screwy roads that change their name and then back again, like you often find in big cities? I donât want to waste any time wandering around lost when I could be doing the peopleâs work.
As a new senator I will need one big question answered right away: where do you eat? I want to taste everything Washington has to offer, from lobster jâtoi to Chinese chop suey to hamburger à la greasy! And I wonât skip dessert. From cakes to frozen yogurts, I want to try it all.
Next up, the sights and sounds. I want to feel the pulse of Washington. Iâll see the bigger monuments and Iâll search for the hidden treasures. Iâll check out blogs and ask people on the street for recommendations. How about a weekend at the zoo? Do theyhave a zoo? Iâll find out. Maybe that will be on that map Iâm planning on getting!
Once I have a working knowledge of Washington and the greater Washington area, it will be time to get to work. But first, how does Government work? What are these three branches Iâve heard so much about? What color house does the leader of our country live in? Where do the senators go, and what do they do when theyâre not working?
Before my first term is up, I promise to take a guided tour of the Senate. Iâll meet real live senators and get to shake their hands. How cool would that be? Imagine me, a senator, gaining entrée into real senatorsâ offices!
But before I âgo Washingtonâ on you all, I want you to know I will take day trips. Historic Virginia, Iâm right on your doorstep! New York and the delights of Broadway are just a train trip away. Why stop there? Arizona is a short hop, skip, and a flight to see some of what Iâve heard are the most colorful rocks ever invented! By the time my term is over I may have to get a new mapâ¦or twoâ¦or three.
I hope youâre happy you elected me to Government. I know I am.
[ A train whistle blows .]
Thereâs my train⦠Iâm taking the scenic routeâb-bye!!
HITLER DINNER PARTY
A PLAY
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