Medal Collecting Pillows

"That was a good two weeks of watching America dominate the Olympics and not seeing anything else on TV."

"What's next?"

A sporting sort - clubs , hearts, diamonds and spades for medals

"Interestingly no - these are vastly enlarged images of my three favourite chromosomes."

'Any awards or honors?'

'Just when I thought my chances for being heroic were gone. Then to my good fortune, along came Afghanistan.'

'I'd have a lot more of em if it weren't' for some jerks always looking for peaceful situations.'

'This one is for not complaining about being stretched too think handling domestic and foreign crises.'

'And I got this one for years of listening to him talk about all the medals he's won.'

Clearing up medals.

Nancy Wake -French resistance fighter WW11

"The tiny one? Oh, that's for diplomacy."

Brian was very proud of his dog.

The Victors

Military Medals

'I was in a camouflage unit, so this one is for Hide and Seek.'

"I guess I was a good shot, because I took down 50 Nazis...all by myself. That's how I got my silver star. Honestly, I don't consider myself a hero. I consider myself lucky."

"Hey, dad. We wanna play army before we go to bed. Can we have our toy medals back?"

'Why couldn't you throw like that in the game?'

Meanwhile, in Florida: Little Free Library/Little Free Firearms

Cat Show

"The first one is for graduating from basic training. The rest are classified."

'I got this one for thinking outside the box.'

'I was in the catering corps.'

"He wanted a heavily decorated cake for his birthday."

'We will not be disarmed by gun control! We will not be stripped naked and left at the mercy of a tyrannical government!'

Jungle Games

Happy Champion

"Are you sure he tested negative?"

"Let's see, this one is cherry flavored, I think this one is blueberry ..."

'Son...old soldiers don't die...they just get medal fatigue.'

Zdeno Chara

"IBS isn't all bad. It was largely responsible for me winning 6 sprinting medals in college track."

And this one i got for properly polishing my medals.

A Rifle Competition in the North