Today is Memorial Day in the US. It's similar to Remembrance Day in Canada with some twists. It is a day to honor our Military past and present and also to remember our loved ones who have passed. All this week our local tribe have been at work tidying up their cemetery. Today about 30 flagpoles in the cemetery will be flying the stars and stripes. All over the country people will visit the graves of their loved ones and tidy them up. I think that is a nice part of the tradition, don't you?
Remembering my ancestors, I will send you off this ditty about Ole, Sven & Lena:
Ole & Sven were standing at the base of a flagpole, looking up. Lena walked by and asked what they were doing. "Ve're supposed ta find da height of da flagpole," said Sven, "but ve don't haf a ladder."
Lena took a wrench from her purse, loosened a few bolts, and laid the pole down. Then she took a tape measure from her pocket, took a measurement, announced, "Eighteen feet, six inches," and walked away.
Ole shook his head and laughed. "Ain't dat yust like a voman!
Ve ask for da height and she gifs us da length!"
Ole and Sven are currently working for the Government.
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4 comments:
I like the Remembrance Day tradition of wearing poppies. It took me a while to know that it was not also practiced in America.
Heh, thanks for reading my blog! Did you like my Ole & Lena joke?
I beleive poppies are given out here as well by the veterans. I remember handing them out with my Dad in Alaska when I was a kid. That my have been Veterans Day though, not sure. Hope you enjoy Memorial Day. Hugs, Cate
I think the poppy tradition died out in the US awhile ago - so I've been told by a US legion guy.
Interestingly, they practice the poppy tradition in the UK and Australia - but their poppies are so much nicer. They use ones made of folded paper that are very artsy looking. I've never liked our flocked-plastic looking ones. (and those pins they come on are MURDER for the tires...)
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