Mike sent me this one.
“Lemon Pickers Needed” read the ad in the
newspaper.
Ms. Sally Mulligan of Coral Springs, Florida,
read it, and decided to apply for one of the jobs
that most Americans are not willing to do.
She submitted her application for a job in a
Florida lemon grove, but seemed far too qualified
for the job.
She has a liberal arts degree from the
University of Michigan, and a master’s degree
from Michigan State University.
For a number of years, she had worked as a
social worker, and also as a school teacher.
The foreman studied her application, frowned,
and said, “I see that you are well educated, and
have an impressive resume.
“However, I have to ask you, have you had any
actual experience in picking lemons?”
“Well, as a matter of fact, I have,” she said.
“I’ve been married three times and divorced all
three bums, owned two Chryslers, voted twice for
Obama, and once for Hillary.”
She started work yesterday.
Denny has used many synonyms for #44 Ob… , so I’ll let you fill in the blank. Both Ob…… and Crooked Cankles are lemons that you can’t pick once and for all. They keep sprouting back. At least on this woman’s new job in Florida, the lemons will stay picked. On the topic of Chrysler, I am age 66, and I remember the days when a Chrysler was among the best cars you could own. Growing up, we owned a 1939 Imperial, New Yorkers in years 1951, 1956, 1961, and 1966. The 1951 and 1956’s had hemi’s. The 1939 Imperial had a straight-8 engine, and my parents did not downshift to 2nd gear when turning a corner. My dad could take it down to 4 mph in 3rd gear, and accel. back up without shaking. That 1939 also had overdrive. My father also once owned a 1934 Airflow. Walter P. Chrysler’s motto was “4 speeds forward”.
I learned how to drive on a 1956 Plymouth. We had a 1953 Plymouth, then a 1956 Plymouth Belvedere. Then my father bought a 1959 Ford Fairlane. Piece of crap. Went back to Plymouths.
My Dad was so cool. He worked hard and bought a 1968 Cadillac for my Mom and a 1969 Plymouth Roadrunner for himself. I was 16 and loved that car. So did he!
Did the 1956 Plymouth have the transmission push buttons on the left? Our 1956 New Yorker had them; the transmission was a 2-speed automatic. Chrysler went a 3-speed automatic the next year.
Yep! Everyone said we would have problems with the push button. We never did. We took a camping vacation every summer. Drove that car all over the country. I loved that car.
Denny, I had a 1961 Plymouth Station wagon , slant 6 engine stick shift. I drove that vehicle from Maine to Chicago to Florida just about eveywhere…..Blew the engine in early 1963 after 140,000 miles. A $95.00 exchange for a used slant six engine allowed me to drive that vehicle another 110,000 miles until when I traded it in on a new 1965 Plymouth sedan …..the doors rusted through in a year , the v-8 engine failed so I bought a Ford Bronco.
Aftere several months I seen my 961 Plymouth at a car wash….it was a guys rambling around vehicle & still going great.
The 1961 was probably the best car I ever owned the 1965 one of the worst …..Go figure!
I wish I still had that station wagon !
The foreman also made the mistake of assuming that a formal education equals smarts. It does not. We call people like Sally educated idiots.
Good one.
Friend’s father owned a ’56 or ’57 Plymouth, tu-tone we referred to as “titty-nipple pink” and it had the push button shifter in the dash. Fine car.