*slurp* Ahhhhhhhh....just got in from shoveling our parking spot, it blizzerd here last night and sat down to drink my dark sensation hot chocolate, while preparing this post for you lovely folks. Felt like sharing a little story with you about my youth.
You know...the good 'ol days. Back when it was cool to wear your bathing suit every single day of summer without ever washing it. Crotch rot much? It's a miracle how I never managed to grow one of these in my bathing suit.
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| Pay no attention to my sweet knees. Also, I'm pretty sure I wasn't that hippy at 9 |
This story happens in my mothers apartment, well revolves around it..kinda. When my parents got divorced, (yes I'm one of
those kids) my mother moved from our family home into an apartment in a not so great neighborhood. My brother and I visited her on weekends and shared a bedroom. Saint preserve us.
Our bedroom window faced a 'shady' corner and included a payphone. Now remember, this is back in the day when payphones were the shiznit. So this corner was a happening spot. This may or may not have been due to the payphone and more because of the drug dealers and prostitutes but whatevs. You get the picture.
Sticking our heads out of our window on warm summer nights became our ritual. We'd people watch, cackle, and make fun of the dope dealers and cracked out hoes. One day while performing this activity, I had an epiphany. If I put my chewed up gum in the coin return people would leave their quarters in there because they wouldn't want to touch my gum. Then after they left, I could sneak across the street and snatch them out. Score!
We thought (well more me than my brother, he was an idiot) that we would have a better chance of not getting get caught if we did it at night under the disguise of darkness. See how smart I was back then? Darkness ensued and we began to chew.
I figured to my smart little self that I would take the first risk of putting the gum in the slot and that I would force my little brother into picking out the change later. Rationalizing that I'd only have to run across the street once and he would have to make multiple trips. Again, see how smart I was?
Sneaking down the steps and out the door, I slithered across the front porch on my stomach. When I made it to the railing directly across from the payphone I stopped. I was scared. Heck, even being outside after dark was a risk in itself. I had two options really.
1. I could jump up, mad dash across the street, stick gum in slot, and run back inside the house in a span of 20-30 seconds.
OR
2. Slowly stroll across the street, go through the motions of pulling a fake quarter out of my pocket, putting it into the payphone, pretending the call didn't work, press the coin return lever and when I was supposed to be taking the quarter out, I would ingeniously stick the chewed up gum in there instead.
I chose option one. I sprinted across the street, did the deed, and ran back upstairs to our bedroom window where my brother was waiting. He took one look at my wild eyed maniac face and we both dropped to our beds, howling with neurotic laughter.
Game. On.
Writer Note: I had no idea this story was going to be this long so I decided half way through writing it, that I would break it up into two posts. Hell, I previewed the post, and even didn't feel like reading all the way through it. So pork chops and applesauce to you, if you made it to this point. I appreciate you, and really that's all that matters.
ABC Gum
-t.Weezy