Reality: The Hampster Wheel

Today's reality is what I fondly call the Hampster Wheel. It is a community service where I live, that displays classified-type ads on an ever-turning wheel. They type up these ads that people call in, and affix them with tape to the wheel. The wheel goes around and around for several hours every morning. Sometimes I am treated to viewing a scissors snipping one ad out and then a hand taping the newest ad in its' place. The wheel must go on. The humor is in reading the ads. Many are misspelled, some with hilarious results. "1998 Toyota Camry, new breaks, $375 OBO". "FICA tree, 6 feet, $50". (is FICA that new social security withholding tree?). "Seashore Literac y needs you help locating...." "Sinning auditions this Wed......" (What type of songs do they expect?). One morning our area was covered with a blanket of snow overnight, very wet, ice on top. The hampster wheel channel had a stationary message displayed: Some channels are off because of snow build-up on the satellite dish. I'll scrape it off. Didn't expect snow this morn. Al. And Al doesn't even know that he treated me to my day's dose of humor. He was serious. Okay, i'll give him a brake.