You may ask yourself, what is this picture to the left? And you may ask yourself, why are mountain lions wearing clothes? And you may ask yourself-well...why are they on a safari?

Is it a photograph from National Geographic? Is it a special on Oprah? "When Mountain Lions are Confused." Is it a new children's book? "Mountain Lion Camping Fun." Or is this picture the government's way of reaching out to children to prepare them for a terrorist attack. If you chose the latter, you are correct.

From the homepage of Homeland Security (www.ready.gov) comes "Ready Kids! RK, provides 4 fun steps to ready the kids.

Step One. Create an Emergency Supply Kit.

Just think about all the things your family uses every day. Hmm. Clothes, money, TV or radio, books . . . and don't forget about food!

Yes, don't be a "Forgetful Freddy." You don't want to forget about food. If I had a kid and during a nuclear holocaust they lugged out the 62inch plasma TV and forgot to pack food . . .I would tell him in a nice calm, but strict voice, "Son, thank you for bringing the TV, but Mommy and I are going to eat you."

Final Check
Make sure you haven't forgotten anything important (like your favorite CD!)

"Daughter, as long as you have your Britney Spears "Greatest Hits" album those radiation burns will be okay!"

You can look at the rest of the steps. I have nothing humorous to add to them.

But I did find out there is a non-mountain lion family member.
HECTOR HUMMINGBIRD

SKILLS: Speed. Darting quickly from one place to another, he passes messages at lightning speed. Sometimes he flies so fast that his goggles fly off!

He sounds like Speedy Gonzales with wings. Poor Mexicans, they can't get away from that super speed stereotype.

This entry was posted by Geoff, on Thursday, May 11, 2006. You can leave your response.