Friday, September 14, 2007


Is this your glove, George Bush?


No, not that George Bush, and nooo not George Herbert either.
I am talking about George Keeler Bush who flies in here every week or so.

He was complaining about how warm we keep the pilot's lounge, which incidentally doubles as the staff room here at Makiniwik Airport. I keep the room warm because I get cold feet and I spend the better part of my work day here. Now, you might think, "Ahha, Jorg spends 60% of his work day lounging in the staff room, that no good for nothing janitor..."

But that ain't the story. I usually have paperwork to do. Yes, lots of paperwork.

First, I have to count toilet paper rolls before I fill the washrooms. I could do this in the stockroom, but it ain't heated much. So, I pull up a chair and...count rolls. Then I mosey over to the washrooms and take an inventory. Thens I come back to the staff room, grab a piece of paper and make a tally of how much paper was used, how much new goes in, and how much is left. It's the academic part of the job, so I takes my time.

Well, this week I was interrupted by George K. Bush's complaining and had to start counting over again. That's why I think the glove posted today might be George's. As he was gripin', he took off his coat.Glove might have dropped at that moment.

I was too busy to notice, I hate getting distracted when I'm working.

First he was complaining about the heat, then he got talking about global warming. I just tune out when people talk about that. I put insulation all around the staff room and ceiling to keep the heat in. So don't blame me for contributing. I'm not guilty.

But when George said "You are wasting oil by keeping the pilot's lounge hellishly hot."
I responded, "You ought to know a lot about hellishly, because your plane burns a helluva lot of oil on takeoff."

"Don't know about that, Jorg, but the price of fuel keeps going up. Must be declining supply."

"Growing demand."

"Declining supply, I read it in the Makiniwik Tribune."

We argued for the better part of an hour, before George took off to take off.

Though I've always known he's missing something, next time he drops by I'll ask George if he's missing something vital.

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