Sage: “Murf, why can’t you let just let things be?”
Murf: "Sage, I am a truth seeker. A good truth seeker never lets things be. They pick and pick and pick until they have hit the truth or, if there is another person involved, made that person angry. It is only then that we relent. Not forever. Just for another day, another time."
Sage: “Living where you are, with the prevailing winds out of the Southwest, what will you do this fall if your SW neighbor decides no longer rake his or her leaves? And will you put your house up for sale is a family with Iowa license plates moves in to a home on the non-leeward side of your house?”
Murf: "So far, the fence situation prohibits too much of the SW neighbor's leaves to enter my yard. If that were to happen, I would remove all fencing so it would then continue in a northeasterly trek to the yard of the neighbor that I like to refer to as the Lawn Nazi. If a family from Iowa were to move into that home, I would welcome them to civilization with such things as real utensils, homemade chocolate chip cookies and free babysitting."
Sage: “In order to get to know your household, what comic strip or cartoon character best describes each member of the household (including pets).”
Murf: "Big A would be Get Fuzzy. I would be either Cathy or Dennis the Menance and Hooch would be The Far Side."
Sage: “By some weird accident of nature (heaven forbid), the 80s have returned. Describe your “big hair” style. What would you listen to while sitting in the salon? Would you vote for Reagan?”
Murf: "I never had big hair when it was popular so if it were to return, I would go all out and add to the hole in the ozone layer by combing my hair backwards and spraying it with aerosol Aqua Net (which can also be used on a line of ants entering your home. It stuns them long enough to find where the real ant killer stuff is), much like this lass. I probably would not have voted for Reagan but I was rivited while watching his funeral (while Big A went on and on about how he was the cause of the downfall of the small business owner) so perhaps I could have."
Sage: “Both Trailady and you seem to have a thing for 80s music? What do you think Trailady’s favorite song from that era is? And since I spent most of the 80s catching up on the 70s, would I know it?”
Murf: "Due to her having 4 kids, I'm assuming she is heterosexual. No heterosexual female in the 80's made it through the majority of that decade without having the hots on a member of Duran Duran. If I were to pick her favorite song from that era though, I would have to choose '99 Red Balloons' by Nina. I bet she actually preferred the German version - '99 Luftballoons' - and could sing it. I have a feeling that you don't know either of these versions. Funny that 'balloon' seems to be the same in German and English, isn't it Sage?