We resemble this too!!!

Mark in AK (in Anchorage, just outside of Eagle River)

----- Original Message -----
From: John Rodgers <jh_rodgers@BELLSOUTH.NET>
Date: Friday, October 31, 2003 7:32 am
Subject: Frydaye Follies -Inspections, Paper, Flushes

> > Doktor Tim Wrote much, including:
>
> >  Paper is cheap, use lots of it.
>
> Steve Delanty wrote:
>
> > And don't forget to flush!
> >
> In Alaska one year, in the community of Eagle River, outside
> Anchorage,while visiting with a friend, there was a knock at the
> door. My friend
> opened the door, to be addressed by the Census Taker.
>
> She was invited in, and after the customary greetings, banter,
> etc, the
> census process began. As the worker went down the list, a picture
> emerged. Large family, Alaska Native, housing type, size,
> bedrooms, etc.
> Then it it came to the questions about the water closet.
>
> ........Now one must understand my friend......part Tlinget, and like
> most of us, part Heinz 57, strong stocky built man, long hair,
> mustache,educated, and with a sense of humor and a twinkle in his
> eye.He always
> presented quite an image.....
>
> The worker asked, using the locally common vernacular - "How about the
> flush ..... do you have one or two?"
> Friend - with eye twinkle hard at work:  "No flush!"
> Worker: "What? With all these people in this house you don't have
> a flush??"
> Friend: "Yup, that's right, no flush!"
> Worker - somewhat flustered : "You have to have at least one!!"
> Friend: "Nope! No flush!!"
> Worker - frustrated: "You must!! Where do you all go when you have
> to go??"
> Friend - pointing to the door of a room: "Back there!!"
> Worker: "But you said there was no flush!!"
> Friend: "Yup, No flush!"
> Worker - very frustrated: "But you said....!!"
> " No flush!" said my friend.
> "But how can you ...?" the worker said
> Worker - frustrated to the point of stammering: "Would, would,
> would you
> just please just SHOW me.....!"
> Friend - with twinkle flashing wickedly: "Sure, be glad to. Just
> step to
> the door."
>
> Together they went to the door, and peeked into the little room.
> There, next to the wall on the far side sat that famous porcelain
> fixture...Bright, shiny, clean!!
>
> Worker: "But you said you didn't have a flush!!"
> Friend: "Yup! No flush!! As you can see it sits about 18 inches
> off the
> floor!!"
>
> Worker, screwing up her face with a very sour expression: "Your
> neighbors warned me about you!!!""
>
> Regards,
>
> John Rodgers
> 88 GL Driver
>