The Furious Spinner

This is my birthday week. As my present, Mario has taken the week off, so I probably won't be posting much. I was born on March 25, Hilaria Day. Hilaria was Laughing Day in ancient Rome. Z. Budapest writes in her book The Grandmother of Time, "Originating from the rituals of Cybele and Attis, Laughing Day is the original Eastern Easter celebration of the resurrection of the Earth." I love the idea I was born on Laughing Day! As you Catholics (or former Catholics) all know, March 25 is also Annunciation Day, when the Angel came to Mary and said, "Guess what? You are preggers." I bet she thought that was a laugh riot.

In keeping with laughing day, I shall try to find a joke to share with you every day.

Today, I will tell you a joke my friend Ira sent me on St. Patrick's Day. (Remember, I'm Irish, so it's OK.)

So Paddy, a fixture at a local pub in a small Irish village, decides he's had enough, so he says good-night to everyone, leave the pub, and gets into his car. He starts driving, turns a corner and suddenly there's a tree in the middle of the road! Horrified, he swerves to avoid it and he almost runs into another tree! He expertly swerves to avoid that tree and is faced with yet another one. His way home has become a slalom course, and it takes everything he's got to avoid hitting the trees.

Soon, he notices police lights in his rear view mirror. He pulls his car off to the side. The police officer, who has known Paddy since childhood, walks up to Paddy's window and says, "What on Earth, Paddy?"

Breathless, Paddy tells his friend about all the trees that had suddenly sprung up. The policeman puts up his hand to stop Paddy before he finishes his story. "Fer Chrissakes, Paddy, that's yer air freshener!"

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