When poring over the big city newspaper every morning, Big Bore and I often make comments about what we’re reading, and here’s a conversation from yesterday:“Listen to this,” I started. “There was a man in Georgia who busted up 29 flat screen TVs at a Wal-Mart with a baseball bat he grabbed from the sporting goods department. I wonder what set him off?”
“Maybe he was pissed at being overcharged at the check-out stand,” BB said. “Or maybe he was just trying to get the attention of a sales associate.”
“Or maybe he’d been working for Wal-Mart and had just gotten fired for having anger management issues,” I chimed in. “Or maybe all those TVs were set on the same station and he couldn’t stand seeing 29 Sarah Palins all at once. Or maybe he just doesn’t like flat screens. Or maybe he was shopping with his wife and he couldn’t get a word in edgewise because she was a nagging shrew who wouldn’t shut up. Rather than take a bat to her mouth, he just whacked away at the TVs instead, which was actually wise on his part.”
“Or maybe the guy was homeless and jobless,” said BB, “and at least now in jail he’ll have a warm roof over his head, three meals a day, and free medical treatment.”
Hmmmm. Actually that’s not such a bad idea. But sad.
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