In the wayward days of my youth, my brothers and I were directed by my father to apply waterproofing creosote to the new boat launch he had built. At one point, while watching us toil away, he uttered somewhat derisively: “Now, if you were doing this for the federal government, they’d have you wearing rubber gloves and goggles.”
Later that day, as the skin around my eyes was burned to such an extent that for the next couple days I more or less resembled a red-tinged raccoon, I turned to my father and said, “Guess this means I’ll be voting Democratic, huh Dad?”
(OK, I never actually said that but you get my point….)
BILL
PS – Dad thought Al Gore was an idiot….
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