It might be old, but it's new to me. Funny stuff, though her fears might have been somewhat warranted, what with the Amish stealing all of those kids.
beckwith | 04.11.06 - 2:28 pm | #

THank you for a very lighthearted topic. I have needed a good grin.
Chris Garton-Zavesky | 04.11.06 - 4:51 pm | #

"Monkeys see, monkey threw

September 21, 2000
Web posted at: 6:28 PM EDT (2228 GMT)

http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/...nkey.attack.ap/

JARRATT, Virginia (AP) -- Three monkeys hurled bananas and crab apples at cars on Interstate 95, then fled into the woods, police said."
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Paul Borealis | 04.11.06 - 5:04 pm | #

PP,

I suggest you not visit Lancaster, PA. The Stoltzfus' run the town and you might find your car filled with manure or worse.
Realist former Convergent | 04.11.06 - 5:49 pm | #

I have family in Philadelphia and dearly love the area. Lancaster, home to numerous Amish, also is home to some famous Amish restaurants, where one can eat his fill of home style Amish fare such as Shoo Fly Pie until his tummy hurts. Also famous -- or infamous, as the case may be -- are the signs for the towns announcing "Intercourse, PA, halfway to Paradise, PA." I wonder what Amishman thought up those signs.
Pertinacious Papist | Homepage | 04.12.06 - 7:35 am | #

And don't forget to take the Strasburg train to Paradise.
Realist former Convergent | 04.12.06 - 9:49 am | #

I live in Virginia, but have numerous relatives in Lancaster County. One of my treasured possessions is a tee shirt that reads, "Virginia May Be For Lovers, But Pennsylvania Has Intercourse." Rt. 30 is a trip ... in more ways than one.

Some years ago I mis-read a newspaper headline: AMISH TERRORISTS DO SOMETHING OR OTHER. I had quite a shock until I realized that the first word in the headline was actually "ARMENIAN."

It spites me something awful going my eyes are.
A. Nonymouse | 04.12.06 - 10:59 am | #

For those entertained by Intercourse and Paradise, PA, you should take a trip to Newfoundland. I was able to visit, in a line up the coast, Dildo, Spreadeagle, Heart's Desire, and Heart's Delight, then you can meander over to Conception Bay.
beckwith | 04.12.06 - 4:06 pm | #

Sorry to rain on your admittedly crudely amusing geography lesson, but a spread eagle is a particular style of ski jump
Chris Garton-Zavesky | 04.12.06 - 4:55 pm | #

Oh, I know. It's also a tiny town in Newfoundland, along with the rest.
beckwith | 04.13.06 - 6:13 pm | #

And for Firesign Theater fans,

"There she was, spreadeagled on the floor. I brushed the eagle off ..."
A. Nonymouse | 04.14.06 - 8:09 am | #