apropos of a rainy Sunday

Civil Defense search coordinator Beau Jingles would later, with great shame, think of this rainy day as the low point of his career professionalism and judgement.  Growing tired and exasperated with search member Carl Crosby's constant whining about how his tubby and underdressed body was once again chafing in the wet conditions, Jingles assigned Crosby to search the muddy northeast quadrant alone, which he knew to be rife with mud holes and old open wells.  He had grown very tired of lazy underachiever Crosby over the years and knew that the only reason he remained associated to this rescue group was for the free beer and sandwiches on practice days.  Jingles also found it hard to believe that, even in spite of his identical looks, Carl was actually the twin brother of rock star David Crosby.  Within an hour the hapless Crosby, now quite alone and a good distance away, had managed to become mired in mud and found himself belly crawling aimlessly in the pouring rain, completely disoriented.  As time passed Crosby finally paused to rest, growing exhausted from constantly thrashing about and crying out for help.  In the stillness Crosby's attention was suddenly drawn to a very faint musical sound.  Reinvigorated with curiosity, Crosby forced himself to crawl towards the sound and was shocked when he came upon a seemingly discarded transistor radio playing "Rhythm of the Rain".  After congratulating himself on his good fortune in finding a free radio and chuckling at the appropriateness of the song, it finally dawned on the slow thinking Crosby that it must not have been discarded for very long as the batteries hadn't died.  As the reality of the situation began to dawn on Crosby his senses greatly sharpened. As he crawled around  the immediate area Crosby was surprised to find an old well site with a caved in lid.  He called out into the opening and was shocked when he heard a faint  voice calling back, pleading for help.  Crosby began desperately screaming out at the top of his lungs for assistance which finally got the attention of a team of  searchers a distance away.  Within thirty minutes his colleagues had swarmed to the area and rescued the missing boy Timmy from the 25 foot deep well.  Much to the chagrin of Beau Jingles,  Crosby was heralded as a hero in the local news and awarded a medal for his bravery and tenacity in overcoming the horrible conditions to save young Timmy's life.  As Crosby basked in the glow of his moment of fame  Jingles ashamedly berated himself for his lapse of judgement and contributing to the making of a local legend.

.......an unlikely hero emerges from a self made banishment....finer prose has never graced these pages Jack  

....."What will you do now ,Mr Carl Crosby?"......"oh hell sweetie,me and the missus always wanted to see us that Disney World"

And Mr Jingles ??.......somewhere out there.......still fighting off those chafing issues

@john-barry  LOL!  You go Carl!

@jack-dodds Jack we can always count on you to know the inside story. Your knowledge is incredible...you must read People magazine.

Posted by: @bob-jackman

@jack-dodds Jack we can always count on you to know the inside story. Your knowledge is incredible...you must read People magazine.

Thanks Bob....it's all the result of having no life.

@john-barry   EPILOG:  Beau Jingles, unable to bear witness any longer to Carl Crosby's endless recounting and growing embellishment of his rescue exploit,  bought himself an amphibious ride and transferred to the Search and Rescue Marine Division.

Posted by: @jack-dodds

@john-barry   EPILOG:  Beau Jingles, unable to bear witness any longer to Carl Crosby's endless recounting and growing embellishment of his rescue exploit,  bought himself an amphibious ride and transferred to the Search and Rescue Marine Division.

way they tell it now...there was a fight.....over a dame.....big guy with a precipitous comb-over got hurt bad.....next thing ya know,Beau`s workin` on a recovery unit out of Bayou Baloo.......still wears his climbing spurs each day,and scratches up the truck deck something awful....they`ll warn ya right off....don`t make fun of his birdhead friend

@john-barry  Well it don't surprise me none; them tailgate parties can get dang crazy as the liquor flows.  That birdhead fella especially tends to get carried away more often than not.

Climate is so cloudy.

Posted by: @littlelife

Climate is so cloudy.

aint THAT the truth......we get some sort of weather here almost everyday now