Bern's Eye View
by Bernadine Hildebrant
Don't do it! Don't change the place where you kept your car keys for years. So far they haven't been stolen. Well, I decided an inside cupboard door would be safer. Well, it wasn't, for me, anyway. I looked in the former place, and no car keys! After all of these years, someone must have taken them. NOT SO. I was the one who thought they'd be safer on the inside of one of my cupboard doors. Well, they were for me, until I put my brain in gear and finally remembered where I hung them so no one could find them, including me. Back to where they'd hung for years. A good lesson for me. It's like the 'old' and true saying, "If it ain't broken, don't fix it:".
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I thought I'd change my column a bit this time. You might like a change over the mundane things I sometimes wrote about. The following was given to me by my son-in-law Glen Schoaf. I don't know where he got it. He probably remembered it from his school exams! From a student who obtained 0% on an exam. I would have given him 100%.
Q1: In which battle did Napoleon die? Answer: His last one.
Q2: Where was the Declaration of Independence signed? Answer: At the bottom of the page.
Q3: River Ravi flows in which state? Answer: The liquid state.
Q4: What is the main reason for divorce? Answer: Marriage.
Q5: What is the main reason for failure? Answer: Exams.
Q6: What can you never eat for breakfast? Answer: Lunch and dinner.
Q7: What looks like half an apple? Answer: The other half.
Q8: If you throw a red stone into the blue sea, what will it look like? Answer: It will look like it's wet.
Q9: How can a man go eight days without sleeping? Answer: Simple. He sleeps at night.
Q10: How can you lift an elephant with one hand? Answer: You will never find an elephant with only one hand.
Q11: If you had three apples and four oranges in one hand and four apples and three oranges in the other hand, what do you have? Answer: Very large hands.
Q12: If it took eight men ten hours to build a four-foot wall, how long would it take four men to build it? Answer: No time at all. It's already built.
Q13: How high can you drop a raw egg onto a concrete floor without cracking it? Answer: Anyway you want, concrete floors are very hard to break.
That's enough of that trivia. I just wanted to see how smart you are.
Here's a good question - interesting. Did you ever notice that when you blow in a dog's face, he gets mad at you, but when you take him for a car ride, he sticks his head out the window? This would be a good question for Art Abbe to answer. He goes by my house quite often, and his dog Tippy always has his head out the window, even when the weather is cold!
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Here's a few things that you need to know:
*A little beer will banish slugs from your garden. I don't know what slugs are so I'd drink the beer if I liked it, which I don't, so whoever does not know what slugs are, enjoy the beer.
*Apple cider vinegar will make those dandelions disappear.
*A box of Epson salt will make your grass so green your lawn will be the envy of your neighbors.
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Here's a couple classic dump cakes which I know you'll enjoy in this hot humid weather.
Peach Melba Dump Cake
2 cans (21 ounces each) peach pie filling
1 package (12 oz.) frozen raspberries, thawed and drained (Davis' Market has the best fresh raspberries). You can use those.
1 package (about 15 oz.) yellow cake mix
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, cut into thin slices
ice cream, optional
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray 13 x 9 inch baking pan. Pour peach pie filling into prepared pan. Sprinkle with raspberries. Top with cake mix, spreading evenly. Top with butter in single layer. Cover cake mix as well as possible. Bake 40 to 45 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Cool at least 15 minutes before serving. Serve with ice cream if desired. ENJOY.
Simple S'More Cake
1 package milk chocolate cake mix
1 package chocolate instant pudding and pie filling mix
1-1/2 cups milk
1 package mini marshmallows
1 cup milk chocolate chips or two 4-ounce milk chocolate bars, broken into pieces
5 whole graham crackers,broken into bite-size pieces
Preheat oven to 350 F. Spray 13 x 9 inch baking pan with nonstick cooking spray. Combine cake mix (dry); pudding mix and milk in large bowl. Beat 1 to 2 minutes or until well blended. Spread batter into prepared pan. Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until toothpick into center comes out clean. Turn oven to broil. Sprinkle marshmallows, chocolate chips and graham crackers over cake. Broil 6 inches from heat source 30 seconds to 1 minute or until marshmallows are golden brown. Cool at least 15 minutes before serving. ENJOY!
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Some notes from the class of 1939, the year I graduated: Dr. William O'Brien of the University of Minnesota Medical School gave the address. Rev. B. F. Koch and Father Barry gave the Invocation and Benediction. The Jr.-Sr. Banquet was held, with the decorations of the Prom being held in the theme of the Little Skipper, a class play. Bill Short was the Master of Ceremonies. Many talks were given by Supt. Reeder, Mr. Lammers, and Don Hoban. An award ceremony was held and students of the council for next year were selected. Those will be Jack Anderson, Betty Ehlen, Homer Anderson, Anna Jane Backman, Don Brieland, Betty Luther, Eugene Severson, Bill Short, Paula Cloetor, Kathleen Hankins, and Lila Beese. Geraldine Hein won a trip to the World's Fair in New York by selling the most subscriptions to the St. Paul Dispatch.
B.H.
