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Over The Hedge: Having A Special Purpose

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by: Lynn McGuire - Sun, 2 May 2021 03:38 UTC

On 5/1/2021 7:50 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
> In article <4ee74de4-828f-40fa-9365-aeb493b845fdn@googlegroups.com>,
> pete...@gmail.com <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Saturday, May 1, 2021 at 2:34:09 PM UTC-4, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>> Over The Hedge: Having A Special Purpose
>>> https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2021/05/01
>>>
>>> George has a special purpose, to mow the world.
>>
>> For 30 years, I was the designated lawn mower in our house. Last summer, newly
>> retired, my wife insisted on taking over, since I was still working,
>> albeit from home.
>>
>> She soon discovered my long kept secret; mowing with a good lawn tractor
>> is a lot
>> more fun than it looks.
>
> One of the online agony aunts got a furious letter about how she
> and her husband had gone to a friend's house (with, apparently,
> an extensive lawn) for the weekend, and her husband had spent the
> ENTIRE WEEKEND mowing the lawn, on one of those things the
> alligator is riding. Back and forth, over and over, instead of
> what SHE had wanted them to be doing (she didn't specify). Most
> of the commenters were of the opinion that spending the weekend
> mowing the lawn was his way of getting away from her.

George is a miniaturized T-Rex from the Jurassic era. He is the new kid
over the hedge.
https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2019/11/02

Lynn

Subject	Author
Over The Hedge: Having A Special Purpose	Lynn McGuire
Re: Over The Hedge: Having A Special Purpose	Lynn McGuire