My oppressive neighborhood
On my walk to work today I was feeling oppressed. I was thinking about how to handle my victimization by whatever neighborhood bandits had yet again left great gobs of long silver-gray doll-hair stuffed up the tailpipe of my car. That's not the reason I was walking, but I figured sooner or later they might get good enough at packing hair up my car's a-hole that it could become inoperably constipated.
I pondered that the cops probably wouldn't help. You would have to set a video camera to catch the weasel, and that's costly. I figured that in the worst case, I can't have a car anymore, and maybe I can live with that. I lamented that I haven't gotten to know my neighbors. I could confront them about their villainous children, but that might not go over well if they already see me as the weird nut who could use a little cracking from their kids. To make much progress with the neighbors I would have to buy a wii and invite them over for fellowship over snacks, Nintendo, and heroine injections. The task ahead of me was daunting.
As usual, Google came to the rescue. A search for "tail pipe hair" took me directly to a discussion from Click and Clack, the Car-talk brothers, explaining that honda mufflers are known to sprout gray hair in their old age.
I pondered that the cops probably wouldn't help. You would have to set a video camera to catch the weasel, and that's costly. I figured that in the worst case, I can't have a car anymore, and maybe I can live with that. I lamented that I haven't gotten to know my neighbors. I could confront them about their villainous children, but that might not go over well if they already see me as the weird nut who could use a little cracking from their kids. To make much progress with the neighbors I would have to buy a wii and invite them over for fellowship over snacks, Nintendo, and heroine injections. The task ahead of me was daunting.
As usual, Google came to the rescue. A search for "tail pipe hair" took me directly to a discussion from Click and Clack, the Car-talk brothers, explaining that honda mufflers are known to sprout gray hair in their old age.
6 Comments:
hmm, I wonder if there is a similar explanation for massive piles of dog shit sprouting up in my yard.
dude, dog shit is great fertilizer, i'd pay to have it dumped in my yard.
This story is so endearing.
Seriously though, did you expect to feel comfortable in this neighborhood? I think you are doing it partially for artistic merit.
now that i have put to rest the notions that my neighbors stole my mattress and that they stuffed my car full of hair, i'm actually starting to feel pretty comfortable here.
I love this story!
Very entertaining! I nominate this for Sydney awards - best blog entry
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