Friday, September 23, 2005

Imagined History

Today on the street I saw a man in a business suit holding a teddy bear under his left arm and a hard hat in his left hand while dialing his cell phone with his right. It struck me as an odd collection of accoutrements, and I wondered what circumstances could lead to his appearance there at the corner of Washington and Meridian.
Here are some ideas:
He's an architect of the new 5-star hotel going up nearby, having recently purchased the bear as a gift for his young daughter who hasn't seen him much in the months since the tower started going up, and is frantically calling his ex-wife to reschedule the time to pick up said daughter for her birthday dinner, as something has come up to make him late: his girlfriend has threatened him with a Bobbitting if he doesn't get his butt over right now to yell at the kitchen contractor.

Or he's going to the much-ballyhooed Village People With Teddy Bears (VPWTB) convention.

Or he' got a bomb in there and is calling his mom to say goodbye in case the hard hat doesn't protect him as he runs away from the FAO Schwartz display.

Now you know what goes on in my head!

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