Sorry 'Bout That, Jerry!

So I unfolded my newspaper this past Saturday morning and there in big, bold typeface is the headline, "SADDAM HANGED!" Wow! I thought it was the sort of thing that was going to drag on for years and years (like this war or whatever it is.) The fact that he was hanged rather than shot, electrocuted or given a lethal injection also caught me off-guard as well.

Huh, Well, I guess they do those things.

A couple hours later, I had packed up my daughter into the family van and was driving down one of the main drags here in Fayetteville when I noticed a church was flying it's flag at half-mast.

"Gosh," I said to myself. "Are they that broken up about Saddam?" Maybe they're making a statement about the death penalty..?

Then I noticed two more flags at half-mast. "This is ridiculous!" I was now saying aloud.

Then I remembered... Gerald Ford just died. You know, an ex-president!

Duh! 100% USDA-certified Doofus!

Well, at least give me credit for not associating it with James Brown's recent passing.