SOME THINGS I FIND FUNNY...

Some things just strike me as hilarious! I can belly-laugh over things that other folks don't find funny at all. In fact, in the 49+ years of maintaining this blog, I have often been told by some that comment just how "unfunny" some of my junk is.

But it does not bother me. Not everyone is blessed with a fabulous sense of humor like me. Some folks are just old sour-pusses that suck on lemons for breakfast. And some folks get their feelings hurt too easily, and wake up looking to be offended...and sure enough, life obliges them daily.

That has ABSOLUTELY nothing to do with the purpose of this post...

We have pecan trees at Andy's Place. I grew up on a place with four gynormous pecan trees, and spent a good bit of every Autumn picking up pecans. I never minded that job at all. It beat the heck out of mowing grass...plus, Daddy would let us sell almost all the pecans we harvested.

And we made some darned good money for a bunch of kids. I remember one season that us 4 kids split up about $800. That was BIG money for little kids to come in to. And, at 25 cents a pound...that was a lot of pecans. Like I said, gynormous pecan trees.

But the bad thing about having pecan trees is that what you don't sell, you've got to shell. And I can think of no job that I disliked more than shelling pecans. Shelling purple-hull peas ran a close second on my list...but shelling pecans was the champ.

I still hate it...I despise it. In fact, the Mrs. knows that I hate it so badly that she just does it all herself. She doesn't seem to mind. So, the other day she told me, "Andy, I ordered a new pecan cracker online that is supposed to be the coolest gadget ever made for the job."

I thought, "Great! I might even learn to enjoy the job myself if I had a really cool gadget to make it easy." So, the other evening, the UPS man dropped off a package. And when I went out to get it on the porch, I almost busted a stitch laughing.

This is what I found...


The Mrs. had ordered her handy-dandy new pecan sheller from a place called "NUTS ONLINE." I just laughed and laughed. And I was also amazed! It says right there on the box, "a third generation family business...since 1929." Heck, these are some REALLY good business people. They must have got in on the ground floor of Internet marketing. Heck, in 1929 most folks didn't even have a telephone, much less the ability to order their nuts online...or nut shellers, or really anything much.

This family business was WAY, WAY ahead of the curve. I'd even say "visionary."

(See...more evidence that Al Gore did not invent the internet, even though he is nuts).

Anyway, they gave really good quick delivery service, and I would highly recommend this outfit if you need some nuts, or related nut junk.

Now, on to the product...

It seems that The Mrs. had ordered a "Texan Nut Sheller."



Again, I just hee-hawed! It's not a "Texas Nut Sheller," It's a "Texan Nut Sheller." I reckon it is specially designed for Texan nuts. The package clearly states that it is "easy to use," and is "the ideal gift."

Well, I should say so! I think I'm gonna order some for Valentine's Day for all the special women in my life.

And, I know it's gonna work just splendidly. I can tell, because it's got a "U.S. Patent." That's how you know something is worth having...

And, as an added bonus, I discover from the package that it can also be used on Lobster. I did not know that a lobster had nuts.

Hmmm....Learn something new every day...

Well, The Mrs. has a recipe for some candy she wants to make, and pecans are required. We have plenty in the freezer, and I can barely wait to give this old Texan Sheller a whirl. I'll let y'all know if it's all it's cracked up to be.

Ha, ha, ha. I just made a joke..."cracked up to be." Get it? LOL, ahhhh, I just kill me...