Katie-ism

New series. Mike makes fun of some of the things Katie's says and embarrasses her by making them public. (Let's count the number of days this series lasts together).

This one requires a bit of context (which probably means the final punch line won't be as funny). This context actually requires some history. In world war I, the allies lost a major ally when the communist revolution swept through Russia. To President Woodrow "I'm a blatant racists" Wilson, these Communist were a bigger threat than the remain Kaiser Krauts. So, in September of 1918, America led an expedition to Russia for the following reasons. First, they thought they could save the Eastern Front against the Germans. Two, they had to save the Czech Legion which was in Russia while fighting the Germans. But mostly, it was about continuing the new Russian civil war. 

Consider this, the US went to Russia in September, WWI ended in November, US left Russia in July 1919. We were fighting Russians (our allies when we joined the war) longer than we fought the Germans in all of World War I. The worse part was that the actual US troops had no idea why they were slugging through 16 foot snow drifts well after the war they volunteered for was over. To be fair, I don't think their Officers knew the answer. After all, Napoleon failed to invade Russia with 650,000 men. What was the infant world power the United States supposed to do with only 5,000? Over a hundred dead and missing US troops were left behind. 

A strong percentage of this expedition were from Michigan. The reason was simple: it's cold. It snows. You're qualified. As a result, the huge cemetery that is borders I-75, just south of Long Lake, honors many in this expedition with a Polar Bear Monument (named after the expeditions nickname). 

Katie-ism

Katie and I tried to spy this white monument from Crooks road as we drove from Rochester. Apparently, it's not easy to find from that side of the cemetery. But as we passed one white monument, Katie jumped up and excitedly pointed: "Is that the polar bear!"

Mike: "No, that's Jesus Christ"

Katie, with a sense of disappointment: "Oh."

Alright, I'll try to keep these Katie-isms shorter (assuming I'm allowed to).