I Want To Believe
Category: Real Life Crime Stories
Nightmare at 20,000 Feet
William Shatner is flying on 
a jet
And he is out of work
It’s stormy out and it’s quite wet
But he’s not Captain Kirk
He’s travelling with his trophy wife
Who tells him not to smoke
She’s known him almost all his life
And thinks he’s a splendid bloke
But soon after the plane departs
And there’s nowhere for him to hide
The chaos and the mayhem starts
When William looks outside
He says “There’s a Gremlin on the wing
And he’s pulling on the wires!”
The attendant says “It’s probably nothing.
Maybe you’re just too tired.”
“You’re right” he says while smiling
“I probably need some sleep
My behavior has become beguiling
Frow now on not a peep”
His wife then gives him a sleeping pill
And tells him to close his eyes
Pretty soon we will be in Jacksonville
As fast as this plane flies
She calms him with a gentle touch
As the passengers get nervous
One man who has had too much
Says loudly “I Need Service!”
Then William starts to twitch and panic
And needs to be restrained
His behaviour becomes almost manic
Some might even say insane
He grabs a gun from a sleeping cop
Who onced lived near the Kremlin
And then we hear a very loud pop
As he shoots wildly at the Gremlin
And when the plane limps back to ground
And to the hospital William is headed
Not one passenger makes a sound
Because the plane is completely shredded
Pop Goes The Weasel
When I was just a little boy
I seldom was alone
My life was full of fun and joy
While watching the Twilight Zone
There was a certain episode
About a monster and a rummy
A telikenetic six-year old
That was played by young Bill Mumy
Bill Mumy was just six years old
With a very famous face
He once was up for a Golden Globe
From his work in Lost In Space
When Dan Hollis has a birthday
He drinks up all the brandy
And Billy says “Happy Earth Day
Wouldn’t a trip be just dandy?”
Allow me to give you a present
On this, the day you were born
And please say hello to the pheasant
I’m going to wish you into the corn
And Aunt Amy just sits quiet
She really has no choice
Why should she even try it?
Bill Mumy took her voice
In earlier days she sang
Her voice went on and on
But now she just has hunger pangs
And her once strong voice is gone
Their life is hard, without a doubt
They each have no control
If anyone decides to pout
They’re turned into a troll
Well I digress, that isn’t true
I’ll put it back in the box
But if Bill Mumy doesn’t like you
He can turn you into a Jack-In-The-Box
I know this because I saw it
That is exactly what happened to Dan
Perry Como and booze made him crazy
And now he lives his days in a can
And he’s been living there since that day
With his head at the end of a spring
And his best friend is a lump of clay
And some other inanimate thing
But he still pops up from time to time
And stares right at the easel
While Bill Mumy sings that familiar rhyme
Pop Goes The Weasel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It’s_a_Good_Life_(The_Twilight_Zone)
Two Moments That Changed The Course Of History
Two Moments That Changed the Course of History:
October 15, 1919: Jimmy Hoffa organizes a strike with his kindergarten classmates. Lower milk prices and longer snack breaks are but two of their demands. The School capitulates after eight long days. The rest is history.
September 23, 1926: Future U.S. President Lyndon Johnson wins his Senior Class President election by giving the school election officials what he called “carrot and stick offers.” Rumors circulated later on that before the election he employed under-handed tactics, including the use of bribery and veiled threats. Even then, his overuse of the phrase “Now can I count on you to back me up?” was evident.
The Write Stuff 