{"id":10940,"date":"2007-05-11T15:20:27","date_gmt":"2007-05-11T22:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2007\/05\/11\/i-blame-well-lets-see.html"},"modified":"2007-05-11T15:20:27","modified_gmt":"2007-05-11T22:20:27","slug":"i_blame_well_lets_see","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2007\/05\/11\/i_blame_well_lets_see.html","title":{"rendered":"I blame … well, let’s see …"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, I went to the Denver Botanic Garden plant sale<\/a>.  And …<\/p>\n

Wow, look at all those plants on the front porch!  Huh …<\/p>\n

Now, to be sure, I managed to fit everything into the Subaru.  And, to be sure, I saved a lot of money off of my DBG membership discount.  Really!  (“I make it up in volume …”)<\/p>\n

But I need someone <\/em>to blame before, ah, Margie gets home and, ah, offers a dissenting opinion about my, uh, vigorous support <\/em>for the Gardens.<\/p>\n

I blame …<\/p>\n

… well, the DBG folks<\/strong>, obviously.  Waggling their bodacious plant life at me, taunting me with their botanical wiles, the plant-selling hussies.  I am, after all, merely mortal. <\/p>\n

… Marn<\/strong><\/a>.  I mean, after all, I bought three or four Hostas for under the deck.  I mean, that added inertia into my hurtling toward filling the Giant Wagon I was pulling.  And South Park taught us we can always blame Canada.  Or, maybe …<\/p>\n

… the Federal Reserve<\/strong>, for preserving an environment of high consumer spending, in which I can only follow the irrational exuberance of the crowd. <\/p>\n

… Margie<\/strong>, of course.  She didn’t come with me to the plant sale, and, let’s face it, that’s like tucking a fifty into my pocket and sending me to Tijuana.  Except … well, I’m more likely to buy something at the plant sale, of course.<\/p>\n

… Organized Labor<\/strong>.  Ah, there’s the real <\/em>culprit.  It was an emergency meeting with a bunch of union folks that Margie had to attend, keeping her from coming to the plant sale with me.  An emergency meeting on a Friday afternoon?  Yeesh.  No respect for working stiffs, I say.<\/p>\n

Yeah, that’s the ticket.  Blaming the unions is always <\/em>safe.<\/p>\n

Now, the next question is … when the hell am I going to plant <\/em>the things?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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