Frost: watching it thaw

Dear Fellow Dull Men,

I have a new activity that can be practiced by dull men--watching frost thaw.



This morning I was at a golf course where a sharp freeze had covered the ground with frost. Because the dull men who run the course won't let people play until the frost is gone -- walking on the frost might kill the grass and that would be exciting -- a bunch of dull men were standing around just staring at the first tee, watching the frost thaw.



As I see it, watching frost thaw is duller than

watching luggage carousels go round and round. After all, carousels move; frost doesn't.



Incidentally, I was not one of the men out there watching frost thaw. I was in the coffee shop thinking dull thoughts.



B.D. (Beyond Dull) Bill Paxson
California