TheThe South Marysburgh MirrorMirror Druella Acantha Malvina's Column Gem for the month: True Friendship is like good health. The value is seldom known till it is lost. 7 Two monkeys were discussing evolu(cid:415)on when one said, "You mean to tell me that I really am my keep- er's brother?" A group of Canadians was travelling by tour bus through Holland. As they stopped at a cheese farm, a young guide led them through the process of cheese making, explaining that goat's milk was used. She showed the group of lovely hillside where many goats were grazing. These, she explained, were the older goats out to pasture when they no longer pro- duced. She then asked, "What do you do in Canada with your old goats that aren't producing?" A spry old gentleman answered, "They send us on bus tours." Exit Lines: Life is like a ten-speed bicycle. Most us have gears we never use. Adam and Eve were the first bookkeepers. They invented the loose-leaf system. Have A Happy Father's Day! Todd Smith, MPP Prince Edward - Hastings Unit #3 - 81 Millennium Parkway, P.O. Box 575 Belleville, Ontario K8N 5B2 Telephone: 613.962.1144 Toll Free: 877.536.6248 Fax: 613.969.6381 An Interes(cid:415)ng Fact about Manure In the 16th and 17th centuries, everything had to be transported by ship and it was also before the in- ven(cid:415)on of commercial fer(cid:415)lizers, so large shipments of manure were quite common. It was shipped dry, because in dry form it weighed a lot less than when wet, but once water (at sea) hit it, not only did it become heavier, but the process of fermenta(cid:415)on began again of which a byproduct is "methane gas" of course. As the ma- nure was stored below ship decks in bundles, they were vulnerable due to the methane. Methane would begin to build up below the ship decks and the first (cid:415)me someone came below at night with a lantern, "B O O M"!!!!!! Several ships were destroyed in this manner before it was determined just what was happening. A(cid:332)er that, the bundles of manure were always stamped with the instruc(cid:415)on "Stow High in Transit" on them, which meant for the sailors to stow it high enough off the lower decks so the water wouldn't reach it causing it to ferment and produce men- thane. Thus evolved the term "S.H.I.T." (Stow High in Transit) which has come down through the centu- ries and is in use to this very day. There are two kinds of pedestrians - the quick and the dead. Some Thoughts on Aging Long ago, when men cursed and beat the ground with s(cid:415)cks, it was called witchcra(cid:332). To- day it's called golf. Some people try to turn back their odometers. Not me. I want people to know "why" I look this way. I've travelled a long way and some of the roads weren't paved. You know you're ge(cid:427)ng old when everything either dries up or leaks. I don't know how I got over the hill without ge(cid:427)ng to the top If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you won't have anything to laugh at when you're old. Being young is beau(cid:415)ful, but being old is com- fortable and relaxed. www.southmarysburghmirror.com