I came close to getting myself killed three other times (twice the same day) as a newspaper reporter during the same decade.

Loved her look. Hope that there are more of them coming.

Wow, David, what a horrible story. We here in The Gulch are so pleased that you weren’t sleeping in that bed when the fire broke out.

On the fly today, but had to stop in and check this! Thank you, OUC, for the great start to a day! LOL!

Several of these really hit my funny bone. Especially the squirrel one.

Funny

These memes caused me dino to think of a thick book of quotations I lost to a fire during the Seventies in a trailer rental park when I was a college sophomore.
The first and most ancient~~and I mean way, way back ancient~~was an instruction never to trust anyone. Not ever! Period!
I had moved out of a dorm to both study in peace an deprive myself of TV entertainment.
I was in a class when that fire gutted all that I had.
The fire chief showed me where the malfunctioning electrical wiring started the fire.
Directly under my bed!

Back story on the last one. She is a French leftist that advocated for muslim immigrants, she told them that as they were trashing her store, her business! . . . she didn't get it, hence the look on her face !!!