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Thankful Thursday III

Recently - the weather has been nigh ridiculously warm... unbearably almost. But God gives us strength :) and methods for cooling off. I've got one thing I'm thankful for this Thursday (as well as many other things, but I'm only going to post about one :D ).

(nummer sieben = number seven)

FANS

Natural... or ... Synthetic
Mechanical ... or ... Electronic

Obviously, God's version is the best;
the wind.

Whether it's
a Cool Summer Gust,

a Gentle Spring Breeze,

a Bitting Winter Chill,

a Fresh Autumn Blow,

they all provide simple cooling arrangements at no cost... ;)


Then! There are fans for when you're stuck in the middle of the

Sahara Desert      or      in a stifling hot waiting room.
:P

One of those shoot-flash-spread-out,
                                                       weapon-like,
                                                 bamboo-based,
                                                        shell-shaped
FANS
would be supremely handy for creating air flow to evaporate the salty liquids on your epidermis.

In fact
- if you're desperate enough,
a multi-folded sheet of paper
pinched at one end
or even a book
would do the trick.

Lastly,
for either
the "techie",
the lazy,
or filthy rich,   ($$$$$$)


there are the electronic FANS,
that come in every
SiZe,
ShApE,
and
COLOR.

They can
h                                 from the
a                                 ______________________________________
n                                  c             e             i             l             i             n             g,
g

with ENORMOUS Banana-leaf-shaped appendages...

Or they can be little circular ones that sit on your desk, rotating lightning-fast blades,

or the cool O
                       B
                       L
                       O
                       N
                       G
                       type with multiple speeds and strengths.

Oh and!
this doesn't really have much to do with the fans themselves - but 
don't forget the thin little strips of plastic, madly flapping in the wind to add a dash of color and fun :) .

I am thankful for fans...

~CJ

P.s. I'm trying to "remodel" the blog, but it's not going to so well and it's getting late. Forgive the lack of widgets and hopefully, tomorrow I can fix it :) .

Comments

  1. Oh man am I thankful for fans, AC, and all the other air-movers that make our lives more pleasant! Very creative post :-)

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  2. YIKES - I forgot to mention AC's; although, I don't generally think of them as fans :-/ .
    Creative? Not really :P ...

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