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April 15:
HEADS - Tip
*OR*
TAILS - Anything that rhymes with Tip

I did this category in error a couple of weeks ago when Skittles changed the theme to something else unbeknown by me. I think this was when the Heads Or Tails got fame....got its own blog. Anyway, I'll work again and come up with something new.

Besides, I like a challenge. Y'all know that by now.

So.......tip or rhyming with tip, huh? Okie Dokie!!

Trip, sip, dip, flip, grip, hip [my hip is aching yes indeedy! Sitting at the computer desk for eons right now...I've become glued...joints ache.], now where was I? Oh yes...hip. Gyp [is that how it's spelled? G Y P? Like as in disappointing? What a gyp. Guess so...the spell checker isn't correcting me anyway. Lip, nip, pip, as in pip squeek. LOL Quip, rip, snip, whip, yip, and zip!!

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Pip, and the character Mrs. Havisham
[courtesy of Charles Dickens Museum]




Out of those mentioned above, I'm going to choose "PIP". Another kind of pip; not pip squeek. Ever hear of the classic novel by Charles Dickens? "Great Expectations"? I have always had a 'thing' for Literature and I loved reading this story. It was an assigned read for me in Junior High School and the story was so well written that even today I can remember it precisely. It's about a boy named Pip....


I would have to say that the story, Great Expectations, is one of the most important novels of its time, and still can follow through today's footsteps of a boy growing and learning. It follows the life of young Pip, from his 'awakening' to life. This first chapter is worth memorizing for you or to impress your friends; the very first line is great in itself: "My father's family name being Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more explicit than Pip. So, I called myself Pip, and came to be called Pip". Great literature! It goes on to tell the story of a young working class lad in England, who inherits a fortune from an unknown source and becomes a true gentleman in the sense of the era in which Pip lives. In this process, he meets the beautiful Estelle and falls in love. The fact that he feels unworthy and the truth about his benefactor, loom large in his mind. It is the answers to these questions that leave us thinking about this tale, the characters, and what it means to have status [even today]. The phenomenal author, Dickens, wrote this such a long time ago, yet it still could hold true today; though I wonder how many self-made men can call themselves gentlemen today? I can't think of any myself, but maybe a few - and they're not wealthy in terms of money, but the CAN carry themselves with pride and dignity. I'm sure there are some wealthy, dignified men out there....somewhere. I just don't know any personally except for my reading Great Expectations...only in fiction.

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Speaking of 'tip' ---Being April 15th, U S A tax deadline day.....I would be certain to NOT claim any TIP money.

Have you ever noticed that on our tax form ---at least on my income tax [Form] 1040 it says "Check this box if you are blind". [think about it]

If the chance of getting a tax audit is 1000 to 1, why is it 50/50 that it will be you?
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There was a man who computed his taxes for 1997 and found that he owed $3407. He packaged up his payment and included this letter:
Dear IRS: Enclosed is my 1997 Tax Return & payment. Please take note of the attached article from the USA Today newspaper. In the article, you will see that the Pentagon is paying $171.50 for hammers and NASA has paid $600.00 for a toilet seat.Please find enclosed four toilet seats (value $2400) and six hammers (value $1029). This brings my total payment to $3429.00. Please note the overpayment of $22.00 and apply it to the 'Presidential Election Fund', as noted on my return. Might I suggest you the send the above mentioned fund a '1.5 inch screw'. (See attached article - HUD paid $22.00 for a 1.5 inch Phillips Head Screw.) It has been a pleasure to pay my tax bill this year, and I look forward to paying it again next year. I just saw an article about the Pentagon and 'screwdrivers'.

Sincerely,

I. Getscrewed Everyear

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While taking a short lunch break this Monday from my housework, and before I did that four letter chore...yes, it's a four letter word I just hate to hear spoken...but it had to be done ---- I R O N--I visited a few of my blogging friends while eating my turkey sandwich. And when I arrived at Mary's she surprised me with this most beautiful award! She says:

Anni at Hootin' Anni's - Thank you for helping me with things you are knowledgeable about whenever I ask.

I say to her, Mary, I'm speechless again. What a loving thing to pass on. And I just LOVE the words...and the song recorded by Bette Middler. It always makes me tearful the words are so touching....and this award did the very same!! Thanks again.