New Peak Bellingham Moment: Chip Shaming! Not making this up. The other day at a local sandwich shop, a top CDN official was asked: “Chips with that sandwich?” When said orderer hesitated for a couple seconds, she was asked: “Are you going to eat the chips, or just throw them away?”
To Which We Can Only Say: Whoa, cowboy! Step away from those rosemary loaves and take a deep breath.
Speaking of Shaming: We all got a hearty laugh over the City of Bellingham’s Snow-Plow Sale April Fool’s release, purportedly authored by a communications intern, “Jon Rudd.” Whoever that guy is, he deserves a healthy raise, perhaps lifetime street parking privileges, and an historic special exemption to required garbage service by Prime Waterfront Real Estate Garbage Solutions, Inc.
Having Said That: We have inside info that said person would settle for some new pavement over by the Samish Way overpass. His struts and rack-and-pinion system, not to mention front wheel on the e-bike, would be forever grateful.
Also Fooling: Props to the City of Ferndale’s similar release on dispatching a spy balloon to keep tabs on what’s up in Lynden. Well played, people!
Real-Life Version: Time it would take for an actual Ferndale spy balloon to be shot down on a Lynden overflight: About 90 seconds, give or take a few initial birdshot near-misses.
Overheard at Depot Square Market’s Opening Day: Person bearing resemblance to Hizzoner Seth Fleetwood, near probiotic drink stand, sip-sharing a beverage and then joking about having “cooties.” This followed by a general plea to someone filming nearby: “Please don’t post that anywhere!”
On the Latter: A reasonable request, given all due consideration in our shop. We’ll give it more thought.
The Hammer is swung on Wednesdays and wanders online on Thursdays. Please recycle him.
Does truth still matter in U.S. campaigns? Not if ‘moral flexibility’ comes into play