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Will full juice be back for all by . . . Easter?
Miami Herald ^ | Thu, Oct. 27, 2005 | DAVE BARRY

Posted on 10/27/2005 5:40:38 AM PDT by blazneyez

Q. When am I going to get my electricity back?

A. The latest statement from Florida Power & Light is that ``we expect to have all power in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties fully restored by, at the very latest, Easter.''

Q. How are the levees holding up?

A. We spoke to a spokesperson for the South Florida Levee Authority (SFLA), who assured us that South Florida does not have any levees, but if we did, they would definitely be in bad shape.

(Excerpt) Read more at miami.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: davebarry; humor; wilma

1 posted on 10/27/2005 5:40:40 AM PDT by blazneyez
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To: blazneyez

We're Doomed!


2 posted on 10/27/2005 5:45:30 AM PDT by Tennessee_Bob ("You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.")
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To: blazneyez

It would be funnier if it weren't so true.........I lived in Ft. Lauderdale years ago............I left..........


3 posted on 10/27/2005 5:50:21 AM PDT by Red Badger (I've eaten so much crow in my life that I'm immune to bird flu.........)
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To: blazneyez

LMAO! And it was before my first full cup of coffee!


4 posted on 10/27/2005 5:53:38 AM PDT by WV Mountain Mama ("Good? Bad? I'm the one with the gun." Ash Williams, "Army of Darkness")
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To: Red Badger

Amen. Miami never looked better than it did getting smaller in my rear view mirror.


5 posted on 10/27/2005 6:18:06 AM PDT by GBA
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To: GBA
"What is behind me is NOT important!" - Quote from Italian Racer in Gumball Rally as he rips off the rearview mirror and throws it from the car............
6 posted on 10/27/2005 6:22:33 AM PDT by Red Badger (I've eaten so much crow in my life that I'm immune to bird flu.........)
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To: GBA

LOL Never thought if of it that way before, but you're right! Gotta love Dave Barry's sense of humor.


7 posted on 10/27/2005 6:34:39 AM PDT by blazneyez (Sometimes I feel diagonally parked in a parallel universe...)
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To: blazneyez

Does this mean that Dave is out of retirement? I was getting tired of reading his reruns in the Sunday papers. You know, complaints about his new 8-track tape player and stuff.


8 posted on 10/27/2005 6:35:23 AM PDT by Bob Buchholz
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To: Red Badger

That is one of my all time favorite lines and have used it often! (He was driving a Pantera, I think)


9 posted on 10/27/2005 6:37:15 AM PDT by GBA
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To: GBA

Wasn't the actor, the late Raul Julia (Addams Family, Gomez)?......


10 posted on 10/27/2005 6:40:11 AM PDT by Red Badger (I've eaten so much crow in my life that I'm immune to bird flu.........)
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To: blazneyez

"Q. When am I going to get my electricity back?"

Uh, when you move out of hurricane prone areas.


11 posted on 10/27/2005 7:12:14 AM PDT by Ursus arctos horribilis ("It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees!" Emiliano Zapata 1879-1919)
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To: ftriggerf

bkmk


12 posted on 11/04/2005 3:54:43 PM PST by ftriggerf
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