A NURSING
HOME REVELATION
John Andrew
Orther |
September 13, 2004 |
Last Friday a StickerNewz team and I visited
Bob's Nursing Home and Convalescence on the outskirts of
Albuquerque, Montana. Bob's, one of the Nation's top
chains for the Care and Development of the Elderly, is a Subsidiary
of Bob's Apple Pies and Grasshopper Removal, Co. Inc. Bob
could not be reached for comment.
In this visit it was our goal to let these
fine members of a Nursing Community know that they were not
alone or forgotten and try to discover what they
accomplished in their long and illustrious lives.
97
year old Matilda Epps spent her working years as a Printer
in Bolivia, South America. It turns out that Matilda
invented the Seven Strip Process for Intercoaxial Printing.
This invention revolutionized the Galvanized Standard
Perforation Method for Multi-Colored and Infra-Red Dual
Sanitizing Stock. I spoke to a former co-worker of Mrs.
Epps; a Senora Guadalupe Jimenez, now living in San Juan,
Ohio. Sra. Jimenez said, "Si, Matilda es muy of a genioso.
Yo amor el Stylado un unequaled en la Univeritas. La Mohair
revolutionito el printa standardo perforationa metada pero
numersa colada y infra-rojo dos santizo cambria." (Tom
butts in)......."Hey John, What the hell's that lady
talkin about?"
Sitting in a wheelchair in the corner of the
activity center at Bob's was Matilda. As I approached her
with the mike she calmly said, "AHHHHHHHHH!!!,
AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!..GET AWAY! HELP!,
HELP!, HELP!, ASSISTIANO!, POR FAVOR! AHHHHHHHHHHH!...HELP!"
That was pretty much the end of that interview.
Next, I went over to a card table where a
well dressed young man of 102 sat throwing dominoes at his
companion's left temple. He wound-up and threw like a Bob
Feller Fastball straight down the middle. The companion
didn't seem to even notice. I reached and grabbed his arm
just before he hurled a 94 mph slider...........
"Sir, may I ask you a couple questions?"
"Yes."
"Well, first of all what is your name?"
"Grover Edgarballs."
"Edgarballs, Edgarballs, that sort of rings a bell"
"My dad was a bellringer during the Civil War in Pensacola,
Rhode Island."
"Yeah, that's not exactly what I meant. It's just
that......oh, forget it.........Can I call you Grover?"
"Can I call you Maltida?"
"Okay then, Grover,
I heard that you're 102 years of age."
"So?"
"Yeah, well, anyways, just what did you do in your career
years before retiring?"
"I was in Printing. Have you ever heard of the Bi-Schematic
Two-Tone Equalizer?"
"Of course I have Grover."
"Well, I invented that."
"Holy Cow!...are you serious?........that mechanism totally
streamlined the Quantum Print Oxidization Process."
"No shit Einstein."
"Yeah, right, ok, but what else did you contribute?"
"Ok Mildred, but remember I'm REAL OLD so my scientific
Printing terminology might not exactly cut the mustard and
my memory is fading."
"No problem Grover."
"Who's tellin this me or you?".
"Sorry."
"In the 1930's I discovered a way to Customize the
Weatherproofing application by a prototype Printer known as
the X17777765ASECTORX Kelometor Formatable Ink Reducer.
Then in August of 1946 I opened the Institute for Science
and Printable Reformication Systems. At the Institute we
innovated a sure and concise method for Sequentially
Numbering Articulate and resized Stock. This format made
the industry a viable resource for Immediate Telematized
Advertising. Using the Edgarballs Taradactile Dung Sticker
as a pattern I perfected the Adhesive process for
Polystyrene,
Holographic, and
Clear
Labels. In 1959 Frank
Peckmaniac and myself formulated the Auto Decal mechanism
known as Endorphin Polytechtricks. This countered the
euphemistic understanding that it was only possible to
produce one bumper sticker at a time. Then, in the early
60's Frank and I invented what is known as the
Pressure Sensitive Label. At the beginning they were
difficult to apply so Frank invented the Forensic Print
Label Neorosystic Defabulator. Problem solved! In the
final years of my career I perfected a
Lamination formula as a protective
coating, the Vinyl Cut-out
lettering device and the Oval Shaped Die.
And right before they put me in this nut-house, I coined the
phrase, 'Stick With Us, We're On A Roll!' "
"Wow Grover, that is all truly incredible!"
"Whatever."
My final guest was sitting on the floor
counting his toes.
"What's your name sir?
"Shemp Diesel."
"Shemp Diesel?.....Shemp Diesel.....that seems to ring a
bell too."
"My brother was a bellringer with..."
"Forget it, Forget it. You seem to
be quite a bit younger in relation to the other members here
Mr. Diesel".
"Sure. Did I hear you talking to an Edgarballs?
"Uh, yeah, right over there; a Grover Edgarballs."
"That's what I thought.....do me a favor Bud and lift me
into that wheelchair and push me over there so I can kick
his Ass."
"Why would you wanna do that Mr. Diesel?"
"Cause, years ago, some retard relative of his discovered
the World's first Adhesive Sticker. It's a long story and I
don't want to get into it now but somehow I came into
possession of this Sticker and a representative of an Art
Museum in Maryland or somewhere gave me $18.00 for it and
now it's worth about a Quarter Billion Bucks........Roll me
over there!.......You got any brass knuckles or numb
chucks... ........I'm gonna kill that dumbAss; let me at
him!.......I'm gonna"..........
Well, that concludes another interesting
episode of the StickerNewz report.
Next time I want to interview Pinkerton X.
Loohoosha, a Russian man who can prove that he's distantly
related to E.T.
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