In praise of the yurt

Published 11:13 pm Sunday, May 4, 2008

Here we come a-yurting, among the leaves so green: We’re excited to hear the county is planning a new yurt village, because we love to be out in nature, as long as we don’t have to get any of it on us.

We also love the word “yurt” and can think of countless other ways it could be used if it weren’t already the name of a kind of tent. For instance, it could be:

The name of a large sandwich. For maximum enjoyment, try eating your yurt with a side of kumquats.

The next hip product from Apple. Once you’ve got an iBook, an iPod and an iPhone, you clearly need an iYurt to carry them all around.

A new slang term, e.g., “Dude, those suspenders are so yurt.” We leave it to you to decide whether that’s a good thing.

Despite a tirade from their manager a day earlier, the Mariners lost their fifth straight game Sunday, an 8-2 defeat by the Yankees.

In related news, Mill Creek is offering to provide trash pickers and garbage bags to anyone willing to help clean up roads and trails. While you’re out there, see if you can pick up enough shreds of the M’s talent to help them win a game.