Funny Times

Earlier this week, I noticed that gasoline prices in our area were stable at 2.94 a gal. A day later, it had gone up to 3.09 a gal. And then today, Thurs. Feb. 24th, it had spiked to 3.22 a gal. Yikes! The forecasters are saying that it could go as high as 4.00 a gal. What's the point? Well, let's just say that the recent explanation given for the current surge is: 'Uncertainty' in Lybia. My only question is, wasn't the spike already in place before the Moammar Gadhafi fiasco escalated out of whack? Funny!

I saw on TV where a soccer player, desperate to give his team a free kick close to their goal line, deliberately used an opponent's arm to hit him in the face. I guess, desperate times = desperate measures. It was really hilarious, especially in slow motion. The only problem was, despite his efforts, the trickster's team lost anyway. Funny!

And what about the prank call that WI governor Scott Walker got from pretender Ian Murphy? Here, the governor thought he was talking to billionaire David Koch, a conservative, but instead, he was talking to a liberal organizer from Buffalo. I find it hard to believe that with all the power at the governor's disposal, along with the people who work for the governor to ensure that he gets the right information and the right people to talk to, something embarrassing like this could happen. Funny!

Funny times indeed!