Monday, August 25, 2008

Alert! Watch For Fish Wearing Sunglasses!

Where: lurking in the waters by The Crescent to the left of the Visitor Center at Chicago Botanic Garden. When: Sunday, August 24, 2008 approx. 1:43 PM Details: A certain blogger, D. Lindahl, was visiting above location and was leaning face downwards with sunglasses perched on head to get a closer look at stunning Trumpeter Swan swimming by. Possible perpetrators: B. Gill or Holy Carp. distracted the victim so much she jerked her head and the sunglasses fell into the murky waters. These were $$ prescription glasses with clip-on sunglasses attached. Reward: The said victim requests any swimming suspect - T.S., B.G., or H.C. be turned into the authorities immediately. A full bag of dubloons will be rewarded for the recapture of this needed optical device. Description of Sunglasses: Dark rims with decorative metal sidebars. Rectangular lenses. Clip-off polarized sun protectors. RX: SPHERICAL -75 CYLINDRICAL +25 AXIS 95 SPHERICAL -1.50 CYLINDRICAL +50 AXIS 95 All inquiries will remain confidential. Please help....those creatures don't need them as much as the victim does!!!

7 comments:

Sarah said...

You're so silly!!! Sorry that you lost your glasses!

Melissa said...

You crack me up! Sorry to hear about your glasses. :(

simplicity said...

Sorry about your glasses but I have to say, this post made me laugh out loud!

andie said...

Sounds fishy to me!

But I'll bet that fish will never be the same again -- he was just on his way to school, minding his own business, and all of a sudden, he can see! His little fishy eyes have been opened!

____ said...

your blog is hilarious... I can also relate though, I would be really lost without my glasses. I will try to keep your situation in my mind when I lean over to see something below me ;)

Jed and Anne said...

haha - you are a hoot! i'm sorry about your sunglasses.

The Witty Librarian said...

I love the puns :D