Wednesday, February 04, 2015
That Toddling Town
-Doctors give it a big long name, but she's...soluble.
-Jeez! Like Wicked Witch of the West that Dorothy
flunged the bucket on?
-Same. She'll melt too.
-Who was the other one, that nice witch, anyhow?
-Billie Burke.
-Sounds like ballplayer. Anyway, should be a law against being that nice.
-Still hunting one up like that?
-Nope, terrified of the entire sex.
-With the exception of our own biodegradable doll!
-What'll we do? And I thought you said soluble.
-Both. Take her to Wrigley and her beloved Cubbies tonight!
I got a huge NASCAR umbrella if it rains.
-But, if a real gully-washer?
-With my arthritis, I crawl, but you can take her
in your arms and run! How come you can still run?
Every symptom in the Medical Dictionary, and you
run like the wind!
-I don't know, but I've taken a lot of shekels from
the neighborhood kids in bets.
-Ever really compete anymore?
-Couple weeks ago in Skokie. Driving though
and here's a 10-K!
-Win your age group?
-Won the whole damn thing! Was on TV and
everything!
-I only watch the weather-panic channels.
-Storm of the Century! Blizzard of the
Century! Heat of the...!
-Knock it off! Don't be as lavish as they are!
-Jeez! Biodegradable! Soluble!
-Comes to us all. If we hafta flee, we'll
meet at Murphs. Order for me before I
creak through the door.
-Drink our troubles away?
-Toast all the gods besetting us!
-That buys time.
-That's all we want.
Labels: Baseball, biodegradable, Chicago, Cubs, NASCAR, Skokie, soluble, Wrigley Field