Benny arrives in Afghanistan!

John shipped Benny off to his sister in Afghanistan on Saturday, Sept. 13th. Here are some pictures of the sending off party:






And my sister just confirmed that she received him yesteday. Here's her e-mail to John:





Hi Brother, I want you to know that Benny arrived today, in a record 8 days!! I took his picture right out of the box since he was a little weak after no food for 8 days. Almost, as some of my cookies had been eatin but I forgive him. He helped me put on that hideous puke yellow thing. The welcoming party showed up after that so I took a picture of their first meeting. You had a kiss from Texas, a frog from NY, a cat named max who was shy, a rat named it who wasn't sure about benny and vice versa and some others. One or two more were missing and I'm told he'll meet them later. Well, I've got to go. This is a huge picture so i'll send more later. Love, Julie

Here's a picture she took:

I will keep you updated with any other pictures she sends me of Benny from Afghanistan. In the mean time, Benny threatened to sick the "Animal Mob" on me if I didn't continue updating the vacation he took this summer. I'll get on that this weekend, since he's making friends in a war zone!

On The Lamb

A couple of Benny’s friends from the barnyard stopped by today. They were sad he was not around and that he was heading off to Afghanistan.  They were very well behaved for barnyard folk.  Their names were Polly Pork and Lucky Ducky.  They said they were on the lamb for disposing of Leo Lamb.  I tell you I got a chill down my spine when they told that to me.  I am a little freaked out that I let Benny stay with us and from what I gather Benny was a key participant in the disposal of Leo.  Good luck John!  I hope you have not set him off by not feeding him and making him sleep in a box. Polly said that Leo would steal Benny’s food and shove him into small places for fun. I would keep one eye open while you sleep.

Phone call from Benny

I got a frantic phone call from Benny yesterday.  There was a lot of clucking but what I got was that John was not feeding him so he would not weigh so much when John shipped him off to Afghanistan So John did not have to pay so much and he is being forced to sleep in the box he is going to be shipped in.  I have insured Benny John will be taken care of! I Vill deal Vith John in an unpleasant Vay!

                                                                   SVEN!

                                                               

I don't wanna!

John - I'm sorry, Benny, but I'm really too tired to write about your trip tonight.
Benny - And why not? What have you been doing all night?
John - Well, I watched The Weather Channel, then I watched a documentary about 9/11, and then I watched The Weather Channel again.
Benny - So you did nothing fruitful, then?
John - I found out that Galveston is going to be under a lot of water tomorrow night.
Benny - (glares at John)
John - And I remembered how scary 9/11 was.
Benny - (glares with red eyes at John)
John - I'm tired. I'm going to bed.
Benny - (glares with red eyes at John and then pecks on right hand): WRITE NOW!
John - You can't make me!
Benny - (glares with red eyes at John and then pecks on left hand): WRITE NOW!!
John - Man, you're worse than the Daleks! At least they had more emotion!
Benny - WRITE NOW! WRITE NOW!!
John - Later on today. I promise.
Benny - (glares with red eyes at John and pecks at left and right hand): I have my eyes on you. If you don't get any more of my story written, I'm giving permission to Chris and Kathy to chastise, berate, chide, belittle, torment, and ridicule you until you write my story. Capishe?
John - Yes, El Pollo Capitan!
Benny - (glares with red eyes even after the light is turned off, enhancing his creepiness)