Making the Best of Floods

Pro: You can have a fishing contest from the couch in your living room.

Con: Your couch doesn't float.

Pro: No better time to wash the siding of your house.

Con: Ring around the house.

Pro: Water skiing in the street.

Con: Stop signs and cars that are barely covered.

Pro: Sun tanning on the roof of your house is cool.

Con: Sleeping there stinks.

Pro: Washing dishes just got easier.

Con: All your food is underwater too.

v Pro: You can practice your diving skills...

v Con: ...until you hit that small awning over your back door.

Pro: You can finally reach those dead branches.

Con: Now you just have to find the tree trimmer.

Pro: You can finally slam dunk.

Con: You have to dive to the basket.

Pro: "Sometimes, if you stand on the bottom rail of a bridge and lean over to watch the river slipping slowly away beneath you, you will suddenly know everything there is to be known." - Pooh

Con: Bridge slipping along with river.

Originally published November 14, 2002.