You just never know...
This is dedicated to T-Mac and Ike who encouraged the retelling of this story with all of the embellishments I can think of! LOL!!!
So, picture it. We are driving down the street and standing on one of the islands in the middle of the road is a man, who is clearly very angry, cussing and screaming and doing that I’m about to fight somebody back and forth strut all the while holding a screw driver. There is another man across the street standing in the doorway of a barbershop who is clearly trying to see what is going on. All the while, parked sideways, half on the curb and half in the street is a white work truck. A third man is running from the island where screwdriver man is standing and he makes it to the truck, dives into the back of the truck and comes out holding a large comforter. He then runs across the street to the island, bounces up and down a few times like boxers do and then he swings at screwdriver man with the blanket. He takes a step back, bounces again and takes another swing at screwdriver man. At this point, screwdriver man is trying to outrun the blanket and swing at blanket man with his screwdriver. The guy who was in the doorway at this point runs across the street to the island and tries to grab the blanket, because clearly that is the more dangerous weapon in this story, and pushing blanket man away from screwdriver man who has now returned to the angry back and forth strut, trying to cool himself off.
We were driving, so I can’t say how the story ended, however, I have to give Oakland two snaps for the sheer innovation of it all. It doesn’t always take some crazy weapon to win a fight. Sometimes the very thing we snuggle up with to keep us warm at night is the very thing that can make our point in an argument. All I know is that if my trunk worked, I would carry a blanket with me. You never know when it would come in handy!
PEACE Y”ALL!
B
