Leaf Raking Strategist Mugs

'Always plant trees so that the prevailing wind blows the autumn leaves next door'

'We're taking over tonight, it's the only way to save the farm.'

"Mom, no raking for me this fall! Got any more leaf bags?"

'I hate running in the outside lane.'

"What a magnificent display of fall foliage – a blessing to behold." "*!#@!%* leaves!..."

Before instant replay.

The timing doesn't work for eco-club to start a garden. I have a better idea. Build a compost bin. You can recycle the school's leaves and grass clippings. You'll have good soil for a garden next spring. That's not enough time for college admissions essays. Write about the trauma of delayed gratification. Never heard of it.

A man with a rake on a desert island

'And this is the secret of how our company gets through hard times: we grow all our own food!'

'Why should I look forward to the weekend? Rake leaves, clean out the gutters, mend the fence, wash the car...'

"Next year I'm planting rice instead of potatoes"

The Tortoise and the Herring. Triathlon. I always knew that I'd pass him after the swimming portion of the race.

"We could start a band."

Spring/Summer/Winter

Mr. Potato Head raking up leaves.

Wrong Side of the Equator

"Higher...to the right. Ahhh...that's nice!"

A lady wants a higher fence to protect her man from the neighbour.

"I bark and bark non-stop, and then they come home. It works everytime."

"It all started when the neighbour bought a leaf blower..."

Battle of the leaf-blowers.

"No, you come in on four."

Raking Leaves/Raking the Front Room.

This had the potential to get really nasty...

"I know I've asked this before, but are you sure it's 'paper cuts scissors'?"

"Actually, I don't mind picking up leaves. It stops me from following politics."

"I've taken up a new hobby, I'm into racing pigeons."

Wrong Side of the equator.

"I survived this long by telling all the young toms that a farmer will bring an ax to cut the fence down and set free the first turkey he sees."

Hare using a TV to motivate the Tortoise.

The 42nd annual City marathon (a guy in a car waiting for the start).

'Please make it rain on the garden but not the lawn.'

"Baldo doesn't miss a chance to tell me what he really wants."

SPF 45. Sun block.

A man waits for the last leaf to fall from a tree