Of rivets and rivers.........

What's your theme?

Huh?

Well, we all know life is, can be, should be a world of fun.

Speakinowhich, Worlds of Fun happens to be a theme park right here in River City, but in this River City there ain't no capital B that rhymes with P that stands for pool. Kinda sorta.

Well, there is a pool, Oceans of Fun, but that ain't gots no B either. Marketing gurus put heads together and figured out, "let's offer one ticket, and ya getta play/go/do at BOTH theme parks" when their bosses looked at them earlier and said "get more people in here, or don't let the door hitya in the arse." Both does start with B, which rhymes with P, that stands for pool. (The water type, not he billiard type.)

So......... you pull into the parking lot. It's a nice day. You get outta the car... drum roll... WHICH? What's your life theme? Do you head for World's of Fun, traverse the up/down roller coasters (Mamba, Patriot, Timberwolf, yada), spin out on Cyclone Sams, Spinning Dragons, the Bamboozier........ or, do you prefer worshipping the sun, gettin' in ur swimsuit - slip sliding away... opting for Oceans of Fun where you can gravitate down extreme water slides, run thru geysers and fountains, surf the wave pool, negotiate the giant water house, hit up the kiddy park, or - mebbe veg' out on the Caribbean Cooler lazy river ride?

YOUR LIFE THEME DEPENDS ON THIS CHOICE!

The Parenthood granny offered: "You know, when I was nineteen, Grandpa took me on a roller coaster."
Gil: "oh?"
Granny: "Up, down, up, down. Oh what a ride!"
Gil: "What a great story."
Granny: "I always wanted to go again. You know, it was just so interesting to me a ride could make me so frightened, so scared, so sick, so excited, and so thrilled all together! Some didn't like it. They went on the merry-go-round. That just goes around. Nothing. I like the roller coaster. You get more out of it."
(In this story, Gil was being facetious of his grandma. Gil's wife Karen offered up "I happen to LIKE the roller coaster, okay? As far as I'm concerned, your grandmother is brilliant." Gil countered with "If she's so brilliant, why is she sitting in our neighbor's car?!" (Understandable, all the cars on a rollercoaster are similar.)

My take. Life gives us no choice. We must all, at some/many points, ride the rollercoaster. Thunderbolt and lightning very very frightening me, Gallileo, Gallileo, Gallileo, Gallileo, Gallileo Figaro - magnifico. My opine only, I fear steel girders. There was pride when Rosie was a riveter, but now, them dudes that are supposedly tightening the bolts are prolly minimum wage. Besides, I no wanna sit in 6th car when snotnose in 3rd car upchucks. Has nothing to do with incontinence. Kinda sorta.

GIVE ME THE LAZY RIVER RIDE ANY OLE DAY. Round and round and round. No effort. No commotion. Ahhhhhhh. (Absolutely NOTHING to do with women in bikini's).. OK, maybe an added plus... but except for moments in life when I get in a pissy-faced political argument - I very much do prefer calm.. quiet.. serene.. round and round.. no waves.. yum. And then:

I ain't much into health food or champagne.. don't mind getting caught in the rain.. criminy I can't remember makin' love at midnight.. but, I would top the Theme Park off by tossing a Pina Colada down at the swim up bar.

So.......... up down, up down.

Spinning, round and round.

Slip sliding away...

Or, the lazy river?

Or, do you burn candle at both ends, wanna fetch two outfits, try both parks same day?

NONE OF THE ABOVE offers any kind of exercise - but that's cool. At our age, we'll walk over a mile just looking for our car as we exit.

Rivets, rivers, World or Ocean - life is fun. Beats the hell outta the alternative.

Scaramouch Scaramouch - what's your fandango?

By Henry Gibson and Lamar Hunt.

Love, Victurd