Fla camel. Photo by Paul Goldfinger
By Paul Goldfinger, Editor, Blogfinger.net. Ft. Myers, Fla
I was driving by K-Mart in Ft. Myers when I saw a camel by the side of the road. So I parked my car and walked a mile to see him. He was snacking on some grass when I strolled over to take his picture.
I asked him, “What’s going on?”
He said, “I hear they’re having a sale on lawn furniture.”
“Do you live here? “ I asked.
“I come down from Jersey in the winter. We travel in a long line on 95. We pack spices and silks.”
“Where are you from?” the camel asked.
“Ocean Grove, New Jersey” I said.
“Oh” said the camel. “Do you know Jack Bredin?”
Then he said that he was going to a costume party and didn’t know what to wear. I said, “Go as a camel.”
He said, “I did that last year, but a guy in a camel costume won the prize.”
I asked the camel if he liked walking in the desert. He said that it’s fine because he has 3 eyelids to protect him from sand.
But he wasn’t done chatting. He said, “The blue whale’s tongue is heavier than a fully grown elephant.”
The Tigoo PG photo
“No kidding,” I said. Then I spotted the tiger.
It seems a mini-zoo had set up camp by the side of the road. A little boy about three was looking at the tiger. He said to his mom, “Mommy, can I play with the tigoo?”
Mom said “no.”
It’s up-tight mothers like that who cause childhood neuroses.
I went back to the car, avoiding the pony rides, because the sign said that ponies bite.
—Paul Goldfinger
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