Growing up in Manitoba, and one of those tall tales...
In attendance: Mahdia, Lora, Simon, Geetha, Marvin, Chris, David, Kim
Guests: Reuben, Kathy, Neda
Word/Theme of the day: Summer Holidays
Oliver Reed, Ghandi and Hitler walk into a bar...
No it isn't a joke, just the table topics answer from Simon. (Who would you take on holiday)? Other answers to holiday questions were a little less obscure, and ranged from Marvin's encounters with the Alaskan bear, Reuben's contemplation of the long warm summer nights...(I couldn't resist sharing that one....)
But Holidays! They're the time to...Celebrate...especially if like Mahdia you get to take time and disappear off to Egypt with your family and hang out after a conference. Or Neda who managed to go hiking and attend an old friends wedding all at once.
Kathy and Reuben go on far more sophisticated Cruise trips...
Kathy shared with us that her dream vacation would be a Mediterranean cruise, relaxing in the sun, definitely far from their moldy hotel room experience of Cancun...Our winner for the day was new guy Reuben...(we all love Grease...)
Our speaker for the day was the hypnotic Janet...who shared with us her childhood growing up in rural Manitoba.
Janet has a very laid back style and lulled us into an easy trance as she described the rural upbringing and times when one could wander across the US border in search of missing cattle. Not so much now in the age of post 9-11 apocolyptica...
Our evaluators were splendid as ever...and so all that remains is for me to remind you of a little song...
Huckleberry Finn and his Friends lyrics
Try looking back,
On days that were slower.
When living came easy,
And neighbours were friends.
Paddle wheels turning,
As kids on the river
Went seeking adventure,
Or some pirate's den.
Muddles and fishing,
And wrestling and wishing.
The day would come quickly
When they would be men.
That's where they came from.
The time that they came from.
No better time
To live and to grow.
Oh that's where they came from.
The days that they came from.
Life was so carefree,
Not so long ago.
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