5:06 p.m. - 2008-12-17
List, Part I
1) An anteater, having reached retirement age, reluctantly turns in his snout.
2) A man staring, with some consternation, at his ears.
3) A team of oxen, bored of pulling things but they do it anyway.
4) The woman who gave up everything for her love of fondue.
5) A dull-witted porcupine, ostracized by his peers.
6) The wind whistling through the wires, the trees, the meadows; always whistling "Yakkety Sax".
7) A horse walking into a bar; the bartender, though noting the horse's sullen demeanor, saying nothing.
8) A slotted spoon and a ladle, each eyeing the other warily.
9) A rat in a maze, wishing she were instead solving Sudoku puzzles because she's much better at those.
10) Bundles of nerves stacked against a wall, partly covered in snow.
11) The man who drinks because he was cursed with a talking liver whose main interests are civil war battle re-enactments and stamp collecting.
12) A subdued, morose squirrel.
