ECHO'S YEAR IN REVIEW
according to its inestimable author
January 2007
Raymond Osborn waxed eloquent about the meal that was served at the High School commons area on Christmas Day. He said the potatoes and gravy were the best eating he had in a long time.
February 2007
Andy Hoard said if you put pepper on your ice cream, you will never get a "brain freeze." Kendall Nichols said, "That's right."
One can only assume that the cold snap we had last week neutered several brass monkeys.
April 2007
Bobbi Miles told about a game they used to play when she was in high school. It was Peediddle. The rules were: when you and your date met a car with only one headlight, you would say peediddle and kiss each other.
Andy Hoard introduced his brother by saying, "I got the looks. He got the money."
Dick Stroup was telling about a squid that had testicles that were ten feet long. He was talking about tentacles. His wife still blushes when the story is repeated.
June 2007
Arloa Barnes encouraged her aerobics group to "put your belly button right on your spine."
The name of the song is "June's busting out all over," not "June's bust is out all over."
July 2007
Gladys Kennedy said when Smith Center and Lebanon consolidated [schools], the kids got along fine; it was the adults who had the problem.
August 2007
Lynn Pickle is on my list. She has the restroom in the Second Cup labeled Hens and Roosters. I used the Roosters, but I sure don't have anything to crow about.
September 2007
Jack Benn was wondering if anybody in Phillipsburg knew how to unboom a cannon. The P-burg cannon boomed, but the P-burg team hadn 't scored.
October 2007
If Sunday is supposed to be a day of rest, why is sleeping in church frowned upon?
November 2007
The waitress at the Second Cup said "that young man who was sitting right there paid for the coffee." The young man she was referring to was Greg Hubbard. He wanted Linton Lull and me to rotate his tires and change the oil in his car. But we only work in hard hat areas.
December 2007
On the Hays Daily News Super Eleven [football players] were Joe Windscheffel, Braden Wilkson, and Brayton Gillen. Also selected was the entire offensive line. Roger Barta was selected all area coach.
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