The mental image of Soledad O'Brian as "The Thinker" reminds me of a hilarious episode from her coverage of a hurricane several years back. rodguy may remember my telling this, but she was riding in a helicopter in the aftermath of a storm which came in from the Gulf through the FL panhandle, LA (that's Lower Alabama!) and southwest GA.
There was a tremendous amount of flooding inland from that particular storm and as they were flying over some flooded fields Soledad was giving her live commentary to the network anchor back in the studio. As the camera panned the fields below she told her audience to notice the water buffalo who were trapped and forced to stand in the water up to their shoulders!
As soon as she made that comment the back and forth patter/banter she and the studio guy had been carrying on stopped. There was a long pause... and then the studio guy said, gently, "I believe those are cows".
The network then quickly cut to another reporter in another location and we never heard any more about the fate of those water buffalo. I would have especially liked to have heard from the helicopter pilot afterwards and asked him how he managed to fly the copter and belly-laugh at the same time!
Soledad as "The Thinker" - as comedian Jon Lovitz used to say, "Yeah! That's the ticket!".
BTW, rodguy, I finally got to examine some of your rods recently. Nice! Beautifully made, and top-notch quality!
NautiNurse, I pinged you just to say thanks for your efforts in providing these threads!
Prayers to all FRiends in the path of the storm that you will come safely through this passage. Be sure to watch out for those water buffalo...
Great to hear for you buddy.,p> Oh wait. I think I see a water buffalo swimming down the street!! ..oh noo its a sea cow.
Funny you should mention the rods,and thanks. Tuesday night I gave one to Herman Cain. It has titanium guides and I told him they take a lickin’ and keep on tickin’,just like you!! He laughed.He’s coming back to fish with us,can’t wait.
LOL! Wish I had heard about the water buffalo. I just love the steady diet of liberals showing their ignorance.