Osler's Razor

Good work on Friday, everyone! My personal favorite, though, was this from Christine:


Frosty takes refuge
puddles found upon the floor
in local greenhouse.

WHAT! Did that really happen in some Frosty special-- he melted and died when tricked into sleeping in a greenhouse? Or is this just some rural fantasy of Christine and her family?

Of course, Christine has some experience with this kind of thing. When we were kids, the big entertainer in town was Oopsy the Clown, who was beloved and feared in equal measure by the children of Southeast Michigan. It is unclear why people thought he was so dangerous, but it was Christine who took action. Her plan was simple: Pay off Oopsy's frequent accomplice, Mr. Houdini, and then push Oopsy into the back of a clown car, drive it back towards Lake St. Clair, and then send it off the end of Provencal Rd. through the ice on the lake with Oopsy trapped inside.

Fortunately, her plan was foiled when the ice proved strong and Oopsy's volkswagen bug surprisingly light. Once, they hit the lake, Christine and Oopsy simply sped over to Canada, where they had lunch with Bozo and Soupy Sales, before the whole thing was quickly forgotten.