Today's Overheard Smidge of Conversation

"Did ya hear that the President got a gift of a Barrel of Herring when he was visiting Germany? The news folk didn't say anything about the dimensions of the barrel but I have to imagine it'd be bigger than them little barrels Saint Bernards have slung 'round their necks full of liquor, dontcha think? That's a lot of God Damn Herring. Unless the gift barrel IS actually full of liquor...what's 'Herring' mean in German? No, I don't think it means "Mister-ing," but I can't be sure...what the Hell would MISTER-ING mean? STILL, whatever was in the barrel, it's a LOT of something. S'pose it's a fitting gift for a dignitary of his stature. Closest I ever came to something comparable in the former-alleged-sealife-packaged-present department was this time I found a box of Mrs. Paul's Breaded Fishsticks bound together with an natty-looking ascot secreted in the big front uni-pocket of my dad's overalls. Which, come to think of it, was also a fitting gift for a man of HIS stature, considering his 25 year stint as a Wader Tailor..."

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