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3 Slug, snail, and aphids force a busy day, With traps of orange-peel and lettuce-leaves to lay, And buckets of insecticide to spray. Black Spot, Red Rust, Red Spider, all the scale Of enemy controlled by frothy pail, Soft soap and quassia chips, a murderous bath, And in the evening note the hob-nail trail Of slime, and crush the snail Brittle as biscuit on the garden path. To finish, something a bit lighter: JUST FOR FUN (from Reader's Digest) A man's car collided with a truck carrying a horse. A few months later, he tried to collect damages for his injuries. "How can you now claim to have all these injuries?" asked the insurance company's lawyer. "According to the police report, at the time you said you weren't hurt." "Look," the man replied, "I was lying on the road in a lot of pain, and I heard someone say the horse had a broken leg. The next thing I know this police officer pulls out his gun and shoots the horse. Then he turns to me and asks, 'Are you okay?'" "The guys at the bowling alley figure the milkman has seduced every woman on our street except one," Harvey told his wife. She thought for a moment. "I'll bet it's that snooty Mrs. Jenkins." Question: Answer: What's the difference between bagpipes and onions? No one cries when you chop up the bagpipes. (with apologies to our Scottish members!) There are millions of adults who cant read or count, recent studies claim, and if you don't believe it, take a look at the folks in front of you at the express checkout. Did you hear about the fellow who had a big fight with his wife about whether it's all right to spend one night a week out with the boys? He doesnt think she should. .../4