Bits’n’Pieces

Welcome back to Bits’n’Pieces, a weekly look at some of the interesting, funny, comical and sometimes outright weird things that happen in and around Montgomery County. Have something you think should go into Bits? E-mail it to us at [email protected], won’t you please?

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OK, HALLOWEEN, Memorial Day, July 4, Labor Day and all the rest are behind us. We’ve got Veterans Day, Thanksgiving in a little over three weeks and Christmas. After that, we can put 2021 to bed and say hello to 2022. Two questions: Where did those first 307 days go; and wasn’t this year supposed to be a lot better than 2020?

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ALONG THOSE lines, another event is coming up Saturday night . . . or rather Sunday morning. Don’t forget to “fall back” at 2 a.m. – and then get an extra hour to rest and relax Sunday before beginning the work week all over again Monday!

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IF YOU HAVE one of those atomic clocks with old-fashioned “hands” on the face of the clock it’s kind of fun to watch the big hand spin backward for an hour at 2 a.m.

OK, we admit it. Little things amuse us.

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OUR NEW web site will be up soon – but we wish we could put out our very Non-Scientific Weekly Online News Poll now and ask people how they feel about changing clocks twice a year. Like it, or not?

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SPEAKING OF November, our daily high at the first of the month is almost 60. But by the end of this month, as December dawns, the daily high average drops to the mid 40s. Sheesh. Or rather, Brrrr!

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AND ALONG those lines – a couple of you reported that the mercury dipped to the freezing mark earlier this week. We said it before and it bears repeating . . . Sheesh. Or rather, Brrrr!

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WE MENTIONED Warren Peace in this space last week, and asked if you remembered him. Several readers chimed in that he was a gay character on the Bob and Tom radio show. Absolutely correct! A few folks mentioned that they missed another B&T character – ol’ Tom Whiskey. We agree.

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OK, WE DON’T usually include state government news, but what the heck. Sometimes you just gotta have a little fun. And that looks like it’s exactly what Gov. Eric Holcomb and Indiana First Lady Janet Holcomb did on Halloween. They dressed as the woodsman in the state seal and Lady Victory from Monument Circle. The couple (and their assistants) greeted trick or treaters and handed out candy and sweets that were donated by Zachary Confections in Frankfort and Albanese Confectionery in Merrillville. We’ve included a photo, along with the state seal today.

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WE MENTIONED that North and South had football sectional games last week – unfortunately both fell to parochial schools. So this week we want to thank all the fall athletes from all three of our schools – especially the seniors – for their dedication and time. We know you all don’t realize it yet, but this is a special time in your lives and we’re happy for you!

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ANOTHER SPORTS note from last week – we said we felt sorry for the Lords (what kind of team name is that anyways) of Kenyon College. And turns out we were right. The Little Giants of Wabash football fame mauled Kenyon and scored almost 60 points. Way to go Wabash! Now, take care of your business today and then win the Monon Bell next Saturday!

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WE HAVE a couple of photos in today’s Edition of the large numbers of trick or treaters who were out and about on West Main Street Sunday night. As our pal Honest Hoosier might say, we want to offer a big tip of the seed corn cap to city officials and residents for making West Main such a wonderful scene. It really is great living right here in Crawfordsville, Indiana, isn’t it!

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WE’VE SAID it in this space before, but please do patronize advertisers in The Paper. If it wasn’t for them, there would be no daily edition. We truly appreciate local business and we hope you do, too!

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MUMOCO! Mask Up, Montgomery County!

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VUMOCO! Vax Up Montgomery County!

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OK, IT LOOKS like the state is extending health precautions for a while longer. And while some folks try to make this a political issue, we applaud everyone who understands that politics have nothing to do with germs and a pandemic. Yes, we all live in a free country. That means you get to make your own choices. We at The Paper are not at all in favor of government mandates forcing everyone to be vaccinated. But neither are we in favor of others continuing to infect the rest of the population. If you don’t want to get the vaccine, that’s fine. Just stay away from everyone else. Remember, your rights only go as far as the line where your neighbors’ rights start.

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FOR OUR riddle this week, we’re going to be a little silly in honor of the month for Thanksgiving. So forgive us, but here goes. If fruit comes from a fruit tree, where does a turkey come from?

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OK, CONTINUING the knock-knock jokes (and getting in the “spirit” of the season . . .

Knock knock.

Who’s there?

Dewey.

Dewey who?

Dewey have to wait long to eat?

Yes, a day more than three weeks! But you don’t have to wait any longer to read The Paper of Montgomery County!

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HERE’S A CHUCKLE that seems appropriate for fall harvest? Where did the first corn come from?

The stalk brought it!

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HERE’S AN interesting and timely tidbit from one of our favorite publications (besides The Paper of Montgomery County, of course), the Farmer’s Almanac. Do you know what St. Martin’s Day is? St. Martin of Tours was a Roman soldier who later in life became a bishop. He is remembered each year on Nov. 11, and weather lore goes that if the leaves of trees and grapevines do not fall before St. Martin’s Day, a cold winter is expected.

Oh peachy!

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CONTINUING our official countdown . . .

Party Night – 24 days

First Day of winter – 48

Christmas – 52 days

First day of spring – 137 days

First day of summer – 230 days

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THE ANSWER to our riddle: Poul-tree!