Who Shot J.R.?

Who shot J.R.? Do you remember that question, it stayed on the minds of the masses back in 1980, when the season finale of the night-time soap opra, Dallas was king of television. We're doing a little reminiscing around the lodge tonight, and came across the anniversary date of that famous cliff hanger from the popular CBS television series.

Well the show that got J.R. shot aired on March 21, 1980, so all you youngun's might as well move on, because you won't remember the thing that was on the minds of your parents back in 1980...beside sex it was the answer to the television cliff hanger as J.R. Ewing, played by Larry Hagman, the oldest son of the wealthy oil baron Ewing family of Dallas Texas, was gunned down in the shower by an unknown assailant.....

Of course it was a huge mystery, and we all talked about it and surmised, guessed, speculated until the new shows started in the fall and we found out whodunit. Of course the cast of suspects was huge, as J.R. had more than his fair share of enemies....he had everyone from his mother to his wife to his housekeeper to his brother and sister in law to his gardener to his business partners to strangers on the street pissed with him most of the time. J.R. was a walking bullseye, just waiting to be shot. The suspect list was long and arduous, in fact, there were more folks with a motive to shoot J.R. than folks without a motive....

I am happy to say that Larry Hagman, the actor who played J.R. I am happy to say is alive and well at 78 years of age despite a close call with cancer a few years ago. That's it...that's all I have to tell you about that....did you think there was something more? Like perhaps I was going to tell you who shot J.R.? Huh...yeah right....I will tell ya that the shot didn't kill J.R. and that he lived to make the lives of his fictional family miserable for several more years, the show continued until 1991....do you know who shot him?

On another note that has absolutely nothing to do with J.R. Ewing, are you in the market for a good used car? How about a nice little 2001 Jaguar Daimler Majestic V8 LWB driven by a nice little old lady from London, England, with about 14,000 miles on it, it was hardly driven, just a few trips back and forth to Buckingham Palace and to church on Sunday....now this is a bargain vehicle. It's loaded with options too, including:

*a redesigned armrest to accomodate a handbag, (a must have)
*a hidden panel of security lighting to include blue flashing strobe lamps to the foglamps, (oh boy these will be fun)
*alternate flashing rear and main headlight flashers as well as convoy lights fitted behind the rear view mirror. (perfect)
*Special order lambskin rugs, special soft leather and extra and unique window switches. (I love lambskin)
*A direct link radio to the Home Office and Downing Street (non-functional now, but who knows, perhaps some tinkering and you will be calling Downing Street to get the weather, it's kind of like the rich person's version of OnStar)
*truly immaculate "as new condition" and has all original paperwork, service book, spare keys and photographs of the Queen driving the car....the "Queen?" Yup, this is Britain's Queen Elizabeth's personal daily driver folks, and it's for sale, if you are interested, and I know you are, check it out, Here - Queens Car for sale Better bring some cash, I am not sure about the financing.....

On another note, if you like to garden shirt free...and if you live in Boulder, Colorado, better start thinking about moving, because if the Boulder Housing Partners gets it's way, you sun tanning gardening days all-over are all-over!

It seems that Betsey Martens, executive director of the nonprofit group that offers low-income housing in Boulder, has announced that folks living in the Foothills Community neighborhood in north Boulder have been complaining about Robert and Catharine Pierce, who are often seen wearing only thongs outside their home in the 800 block of Cherry Avenue. (italics in case you want to look on google earth) Everyone or at least someone got wound up after they saw 52 year old Catherine tending her front yard garden wearing a yellow thong and pink gloves....Oh...wait...I get it...but even if matching yellow with pink is a horrendus fashion faux pas, I don't think it was necessary to call the police.

Wanna know more? Read the article: http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_14703680#ixzz0iaIP4wlM

Pop A Top Ghosts In A Bottle and a Banana In your shorts!

Hey Silverhorner, it's a sure sign that spring is on the way....people are getting a little crazier than normal! Take for example the news from Reuters Life! that a New Zealand woman managed to auction off two vials containing the ghosts of an old man and a young girl, and got almost $1500 for them! The dead souls were captured in an exorcism and stored in holy water until the owner decided to give an online auction a go....it worked! Now this is not something to be taken lightly...imagine being able to capture dead souls in a bottle...if I could catch souls in a bottle....reminds me of a song.....oh yeah, that was time in a bottle...An electronic cigarette company bought the vials....there must be a message of some kind in that...I just cannot figure it out...Imagine the temptation to pop the top off the vials...well....that would be something! You can read the real story, Here!


Also from my favorite news source, Reuters, it seems that the expression, "is that a banana in your pocket or are you happy to see me?" has taken on new meaning as an Australian company has started making men's underwear from bananas....they call them AussieBum....the women's version, called "The Banana Split" has yet to make it to stores......