Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Today's Tidbit 10/17/2011

The roads in Guam are made of coral (mixed with concrete) because Guam has no sand.  The beaches are actually ground coral.

Really?  Really?  No sand in guam...hmmm...Google Images begs to differ...and so do I...sometimes I am just flabbergasted that my Momma is able to single out the one TIDBIT that just absolutely screams right from the get go   "I've NEVER been outta Minnesota don'tcha know but I'm gonna use this here CPU to get on the internet and tell people what we learned in Dipshitsville Remedial Scool for the Ignorant today"  No sand in Guam...that's like saying it only snows half an inch a year in Alaska...No sand in Guam...it's an island...in the middle of the ocean...and what do oceans do class?  They ebb and flow...that's right Johnny...they are constantly shifting back and forth...millions of gallons of water...and SAND...which it deposits on anything and everything it comes across...now the roads in Guam may be made out of crushed coral...never been there personally however I did have a friend of mine while in the Air Force who was stationed at Guam...fantastic tales did he tell...the island is about the size of a boulder...and that most people on Guam ride bikes...it takes about 2-4 hours to ride around the entire island...ON A BIKE...so it's not like there's a need for Superhighways.  The beaches are actually ground coral???  Seriously???  Lived in Hawaii for a number of years...CORAL is dangerously sharp...think Ginsu knife kinda sharp...it will slice and dice your ass quicker than Emeril's stoned ass with the munchies...so ground CORAL would be like...anyone??  anyone??  That's right Johnny...like crushed glass...and altho crushed glass may not cut you as quickly or deeply as whole glass...I'd like to see somebody boot scoot boogie their ass across some crushed CORAL...I've walked on Coral...it's notta lotta fun...so beaches being made outta crushed CORAL makes absolutely no sense.  Coral provides several necessities for an island's Marine ecosystem...and most if not all are protected...it's apparent that the author either A) has never been to Guam or B) is like so many other flatfoot tourists who visit tropical locations for a 3 day vacation...gullible as hell...to prove a point when our family moved back from Hawaii we shipped our truck to California, naturally it had Hawaii State license plates...we drove across the country sightseeing to North Carolina...along the way I met several skindivers from the shallow end of the gene pool...We were towing our camper during this little excursion...on more than one occassion I recall people at the RV stops asking..."How'd y'all get that there truck here from Hawaiier?"  "We drove it across on the Pacific Oceanic Turnpike" (P.O.T.)  I would explain...takes alotta gas and there's nowhere to stop and take a pee...on one occassion I had a nice fella show me pictures he had taken while on vacation in Hawaii a couple years back...I'll never forget the nice pineapple trees he showed me...I didn't have the 3 weeks necessary to explain to this plant expert that pineapples don't grow on trees!!

On a side note this years World Series will be battled out between the TEXAS RANGERS and the ST. LOUIS CARDINALS...I'm gonna cast my vote now...GO WINGS!!!

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