Thursday, April 26, 2007

Absurd

A few weeks ago, I wrote about the snow that we had on Easter weekend. When that happened, the words "wrong" and "disgusting" kept popping through my mind, like a record skipping (What's a record? It's kind of like a CD, only instead of a laser, we used a needle, and the sound was stored as analog grooves in plastic, rather then bits.) I guess it's just an odd frame of mind. When I got the call regarding Colleen's niece, the word echoing through my brain was "tragic", as in "How tragic!"

(Drum Roll)

I got another phone call this evening.

Yes, I hear the moans from the audience out there (What, you didn't think that I could here you?). Well, while I am not at liberty to discuss the matter, I just want to that the new thought floating through my mind is "absurd". When I got off of the phone, I was laughing for almost five minutes. My wife was even a little worried. She thought I was having a nervous breakdown.

Even now, thirty minutes later, I still hear it rattling around up there. "Absurd." Once in a while the word will bounce out of a corner just right, and I'll get a smile again

2 comments:

amyerj said...

Oh come on, tell. I need a good laugh!

Don Hayward said...

I'ld love to, but it's not mine to publish. I'm sure it will be public by Tuesday, and I'll probably talk about it more then.