Monday, September 15, 2008

For the Birds


As Monday continues and the Hurricane Gustav story well runs dry...the beast's insatiable hunger grows louder and louder. With the day crew doing follow ups on debris removal, insurance claims, and people without power complaining that the cost of their generators is getting out of hand. KN and are left with....birds. Not just any birds, humming birds.

Now I know what you might be thinking, how are birds a part of the recovery efforts. To tell you the truth I have no idea. But while making the trek to the eastern part of the parish in ghost like form, like in the Star Wars movies, the Ol' Polisher appears.

"Senator. You have to get dirty to polish a Turd, did you know?"

Yeah, he's right. Time to channel my inner Jedi powers to pull this one off. I still say this is more of a feature for the Tuma-nator but the run down has been made and we got to fill 1:30. So we go visit a man who has essentially become the Humming Bird Oasis after the storm. One day after "Gus" paid us a visit, a guy going through his usual routine of filling his bird feeder then became the toast of the town, to the birds anyway. Why they've taken a liking to his brand of nectar who knows why they are there and as usual my warped mind is at work.

You talk about some serious polishing today. And as the well continues drys up we may have to become the next Animal Planet network to fill more time. I don't think Tumey is down with that idea.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Senator,

It wasn't a turd at all, but you did put the high polish on it!

Fortunately for those birds, they were taken care of by the private sector and not the DSS, did you know?

Please give my best to Miss Nelson.

Regards,

Senator Drewry
North Rampart District