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I'm Robert P. Herbst and I write Light Humor, Short Story, Fiction, about Mount Perry, Florida. Home to Florida's only snow capped mountain. My web site is www.mountperry.com please drop in and visit a bit. I took most of the pictures on the site and I have

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Sports & Recreation > Auto Racing (Other) Humor: Race car drivers: 1 of 7
Race Car Drivers In an on going effort to make sure no Mount Perry Resident is discriminated against for any recognized disability, The Mount Perry Race Car Drivers Association has made it mandatory to issue driving certificates to anyone who desires one a Race Car Drivers License. The only exception to this rule was the Mou... More..
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: My dog: 42 of 109
Every parent, no matter what age or generation, has heard these words, "I can't help it. It followed me home! Can I keep it?" They are usually spoken by some small child holding the most unspeakably horrid looking dog or cat in the whole wide world. These words are usually followed by, "I am going to take care of it all by m... More..
Food & Drink > Fruits & Vegetables Humor: Peanuts: 1 of 2
The Mount Perry Peanut Tree It's a hot day here in the middle of Mount Perry, Florida. But I am content sitting here in the shade of a Mount Perry Peanut Tree, looking up at the cool, snow covered peak of our beloved Mount Perry. It's interesting to note the Mount Perry Peanut Tree originated right here in Mount Perry, Flori... More..
Food & Drink > Cuisine & Food (Other) Humor: Eating pizza: 1 of 2
German pizza About a month ago my friend Yodar Hoopelhoffer mentioned, during our morning coffee, he and Walley Turkey from Worsbrough Dale, England had decided to open a Pizza Parlor. Although Walley and Yodar aren't really the brightest of lights it was a worthy dream and I openly encouraged both of them to move ahead with... More..
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Health shots: 1 of 1
Humor: Shots Any of us who were in the military during the dark ages, 1940 through 1960, which was about the year I got out of the service, remember the long lines of people who were waiting to get their, "shot series". Back in the "good old days", these shots were given with barbed, square barreled needles by technicians tr... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Religion & Spirituality (Other) Humor: Sodom and Gomorrah: 1 of 1
Pillars of salt Only recently has the Mount Perry Archeological Society been able to translate the scrolls found hidden inside hundreds of clay jars, hidden deep in the dark recesses of caves found by sheep herders on the upper slopes of our beloved Mount Perry. These scrolls tell the tale of two cities located right here in... More..
Autos > Brakes & Tire Repair Humor: Automotive tires: 1 of 1
Humor: Rubber Snake What with crude oil becoming more difficult and expensive to obtain, an alternate source of petroleum products needs to be found. To this end the Mount Perry Think Tank was repopulated with experts in the field of alternate sources of petroleum products. Among them were our prime source of information on ... More..
Health & Fitness > Diabetes Diabetes- an overview: 8 of 12
Humor: Diabetes There was a dark day, back in the early part of 1986, when I sat in my doctors office and listened to him tell me I had diabetes. This was a shock, but I had known something was very wrong for some time. At any rate, the doctor went on at length to tell me all about what I was going to have to do if I wanted ... More..
Pets & Animals > Vets & Pet Health Vaccinations and pets: 4 of 5
Humor: Kitty and the vet The other day, as the gang and I sat about in the front of my shop sipping our morning coffee, Hair Ball, the second of my two cats, began making the most disgusting noises. It looked as if the cat was trying to throw up, but nothing came out. As the rest of us turned rather green at the thought of w... More..
Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimonies: Tales of mouse rescue: 6 of 7
Rodney the Recluse Rodent Rodney Gray Rodent, is a mouse. He lives in a hole in the brick wall behind the toilet, in the downstairs bathroom, at the back of our building. The building is on the busy corner of Green Street and Jefferson Street, in the center of our beautiful town of Mount Perry, Florida. There are really only... More..