Smiley Anders for Sept. 27, 2008

• By SMILEY ANDERS
• Advocate columnist
• Published: Sep 27, 2008 - Page: 1B - UPDATED: 12:05 a.m.

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Dear Smiley: My friend Sandy Macmurdo lives in University Acres, which was one of the last neighborhoods to have its power restored.

By Wednesday, Sept. 17, all but five houses in the subdivision had power, and three men from Entergy worked all morning to get the last five houses up and running.

One by one, four houses got power, but Sandy’s did not.

At noon the three workers got into their truck and started to leave.

My sister Bunny Hines lives next door and witnessed this scene from her yard. Sandy ran outside with a lawn chair and her dog and blocked the exit to her drive.

The men said, “Lady, we’re just going to lunch and will be right back.”

Sandy jumped on the running board of the truck and said, “Give me your wallets and I’ll let you leave.”

After further discussion, Sandy stepped off the running board and let the men exit the driveway. She was holding two hardhats and three pairs of sunglasses.
Judge Laura Davis
Baton Rouge

Numbers game
Dear Smiley: I figured out a way to get around those high “named storm” insurance deductibles.

Rather than name hurricanes, why not give them a number?

If one of those numbered storms blows my roof off, I’ll have a name for it at that time.
Chuck Falcon
Donaldsonville

Horse with no tune
Dear Smiley: I think you already have a winner for your Worst Song Contest in “Yummy Yummy Yummy.”

But here’s my nomination for runner-up: “A Horse With No Name” (America, 1971).