“Odd” Is a Relative Term
Obviously what I’m doing here is a little different. I can’t tell you how many times people have stopped and asked me why I’m throwing mud on my house. I don’t even want to get into the whole peeing-on-trees thing. Luckily, my confidence rarely flags, mostly due to two important points:
1. I live in a town whose motto is “Keep Austin Weird.”
2. Bonnie, the elderly woman who lives directly across the street from my house, is crazy as a loon. Witness the official road sign she somehow obtained and nailed to the sycamore in front of her house. I once made the mistake of allowing the plumber who installed my tankless water heater to park in front of her place. Unseen for days, she suddenly burst out of her house as if her pants were on fire. According to the word on the street, the reasoning behind her no-parking crusade is two-fold: She moved here when the road was dirt and it was her tax dollars that paid to have it paved; and, when that terrible day arrives, the ambulance has to have someplace to park.
June 12th, 2008 at 2:34 pm
Wonderful!