The Long and Short of It

Thanksgiving is the day you eat until you feel like you will pop. Then you take a nap. Then you go outside. Then it is time for a snack like more turkey or apple pie.

There is a movie called Batman. In it there is a very, very bad guy named Joker. He has a giant helium balloon. It sprays poison on the people and dogs of Gotham City.

Also there is a parade on TV on Thanksgiving morning when the bipeds are running into each other in the kitchen - and a certain someone is drinking Royal Kir or Bloody Marys - well, anyway, the parade is called the Macy’s parade. They have a lot of helium balloons, more than Joker. They do not have poison in them. Except it does not matter to the boss, because she says she will never shop in Macy’s again until they change the name of Marshall Fields back to Marshall Field and Company, not Macy’s. I do not care.

There is a helium shortage. There is not a shortage of hot air.