Smiley Anders for July 10, 2009

• By SMILEY ANDERS
• Advocate staff writer
• Published: Jul 10, 2009 - Page: 1B

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Marian Landry, of Denham Springs, titles this tale “Speaking of Geezerhood:”

“My father pulled up to the speaker of the drive-through of what he thought was the cleaners, and asked the young lady how much it would cost to clean a down jacket.

“She politely replied, ‘I don’t know, sir, but I’ll ask someone else.’

“A few moments later she returned and informed him she had asked everyone there and no one knew.

“A little exasperated, he said, ‘You all work there and no one knows how much it costs to clean a down jacket?’

“She replied, ‘No sir, we just make hamburgers.’ ”

More on geezerhood
Gerald Hubenak asks, “Is one considered a geezerhood member if he has ever sprayed underarm deodorant and realized he grabbed the hair spray instead?

“Or, would you consider one a member if he was brushing his teeth and realized afterward that he used the hemorrhoid cream by mistake?”

(Why, Gerald, do you know someone who did those things?)

Appropriate anthem
After some wags suggested new state songs for South Carolina following the visit to Argentina by love-struck Gov. Mark Sanford, I heard from T-Bob Taylor of Panama City, Fla.

T-Bob, a musician, says a Spanish-flavored tune might be in order, such as the great trumpet number, “El Solo Toro.”

In English, “The Lonely Bull.”

It’s Supermayor!
Barrington R. Neil headed this note “Why I Love My Mayor”:

“Last week, in the broiling heat of the day, I was traveling south on Highland Road and noticed two vehicles pulled over to the side of the road.