What a beautiful story. I'm typing and laughing and crying at the same time. WTF? Who can do that? LOL!

Here's some ducks being cute.

Time stands still in Japan's village of scarecrows

"Scarecrows pose in houses, fields, trees, streets, and at a crowded bus stop - where they wait
for a bus that never comes.
...
At 65, Ayano is among the youngest residents of Nagoro. The village school was shut in 2012 after
its two pupils graduated.
...
But the building is now occupied by Ayano's scarecrows: students at their desks and in corridors,
a teacher by the blackboard, while a suit-wearing school principal looks on."

Joke of the Day

because we can't spend aaaaaaaaaallllllllllll of our time rending our garments and gnashing our teeth.

A cowboy rides in off the range and pulls up in front of the saloon. He hops off his horse, walks around to the back end of the horse and plants a big kiss on the horse's asshole. Up on the sidewalk, an old sourdough sees this and calls the cowboy over.

"Hey podnah, whad ya do that fer?" asks the sourdough.
"I got chapped lips." says the cowboy.
The sourdough scratches his beard, looks off, then back to the cowboy.
"Ya know, I been 'round these parts a mighty long time, an' I know lots of strange Injun remedies. I ain't never heard of that one. Does it work?"

"I don't know," says the cowboy, "but I don't lick my lips much."