The "Project"
...as I was tellin you guys the other day, I had set out to make a day bed for my office. My office, being small, could not handle a four poster canopy job which is what I think mz ribit expected. I just wanted a day bed that I could crash on without taking off my shoes. Something I could snooze on during football games, Nascar events and golf tournaments. I only watch football to see the endzone dances, Nascar to see the wrecks and of course golf tournaments to see who tiger is banging this week.
I had the thing almost completed so I summoned mz ribit to view this amazing thing. "Get yer carcass down here wench!" I ordered. That was paraphrased. Not the exact words I used at all.
Anyway, she came down and took one look at it and she says, "It looks like a workbench with a mattress on it!"
"Does not!" I reply
"Does too! Everything you build looks like a workbench.
"Oh yeah? How about that book table I build ya?"
"Looks like a workbench with books on it."
"...and the twin beds I built the grandkids?"
"Looks like two work benches stacked on top of each other!"
"...and the wheelchair ramp I built for yer mother?"
"Looks like a workbench without legs on one end of it."
I stood there mortified looking at this semi magnificent creation of mine.
"It's not your fault," she continued "Everything you build looks like a workbench. That's all you ever built before. Ya built em for the boys, ya built em for friends and neighbors. When you was growin up your dad built em and you helped him. It's all you ever knew."
I thought about it for a minute and realized that it does look sorta like a workbench. It's strong, it's sturdy, it's mostly made out of left over scraps of wood. It's screwed, bolted and glued everywhere. Maybe she's right, maybe it does look like a workbench.
"What do ya think I could do to make it look less like a workbench". I asked.
"Ya could start by taking the vise off the headboard."
"...hmmm, I will have to give that some consideration!"
Liberals are like a "Slinky". Totally useless, but somehow ya can't help but smile when you see one tumble down a flight of stairs!
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