He: What happened to your thumbs?
Me: I volunteered at the Housing Authority. I spent three hours on Monday raking and bagging leaves. I lost a little skin on the deal.
He: Why didn't you just use a leaf blower?
Me: I don't have a leaf blower.
He: What did you use?
Me: A rake.
He: Well, what do you use at your house?
Me: A rake.
He: ...
Me: We don't all have multi-acre spreads, you know.
He: I don't have multi-acres. "Multi" means double digits. I've only got 5 acres.
Me: I don't even have one acre.
He: Well, next time, let me know. You can borrow mine. It's gas, very powerful.
You probably shovel snow by hand too.
ReplyDeleteI certainly used to, but since moving from Boston to Austin, I haven't had to dig my car out of the driveway at 5 a.m. in a good ten years now. I guess that's a reasonable trade-off for living with mountain cedar pollen.
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