Blinky Sloan "At Large"

The mental wanderings of a most original moralist.

12.24.2006

TOURISTS !!

Hello Pilgrims,

Blinky Sloan here.

Blinky Sloan's Bon Ton Parlor. Just down the road in Seligman, Arizona at the Dinosaur. Everything a body needs for restorative cures.

Now let me make it clear, I don't hate Tourists. Let them come on up here, visit and then get the hell out. The bus comes both ways to the Bon Ton Parlor.

Every true Minuteman has an obligation to help stem this problem of unsupervised Tourists. Sure they have a place, but let them spend their money and then get out!

We don't need them clogging up our restaurants like they own the joints, feeling like they are one of the gang. Eat your food and get out! They don't know the first thing about crossing a street. Always crossing without looking, driving like they belong here and trying to make time with our folks. You pays yer money and then get out!

Time was a fella could have leisure time without interference. There weren't any Tourists destroying our way of life. I say that we build "camps" outside the city limits where they can be kept. They pay, say $50.00 for a spot to wait. Do not allow them to use our streets and regulate their time in our facilities. Schedule them in, let them pay for the time and goods they use and then get the hell out!!

I'll tell you, down at the Bon Ton Parlor, we are doing our part. As soon as a Greyhound Bus pulls up, Tokyo Joe (our BarKeep) escorts them into the Parlor. They do their business and then they are sent back to the bus. That's it! No muss or fuss.

Well that's it for now. I want to wish you all the best for the Christmas Season and the New Year. The girls send their best and hope you'll visit them real soon, do your business and then .... Get out!

All the Best
Sgt. Blinky Sloan