Monday, November 5, 2007

Step 2: Talk about it.

It's never good to keep things bottled up. Having entertained suspicions that the car-egger was a young resident of my own apartment building, I decided to broach the general subject of car-egging with my building-mates. I would do this in the form of a note, posted in the entrance:

Dear All,

It seems that a great monster chicken projectile-ovulated in our parking lot this weekend. Please be careful; chickens can be dangerous.

If nothing else, it would entertain the innocent; if luck were on my side, it would provoke the culprit into repeating his mistake. In the latter case, I'd have a reason to speak with the suspect's guardian about eggs: how they should not be airborne, how they should not be airborne in the vicinity of my car. How he should discuss these guidelines with his charge. If it had no effect, at least I would have opened a dialogue.

To bring us closer to the present tense, now that we are mired in tricky verb agreements: I have posted this note inside the entrance to the building. I have opened the dialogue. Now we can only wait. Now we are waiting. Now we will wait. Ooh.

Alright kids, rage all addressed for the night. Will update as soon as there are developments.

4 comments:

Allen said...

You are amazing. Let the rage fly (much like eggs, except more justified). I will be waiting with you...

Lila is a complex system. said...

I can independently confirm that chickens can be dangerous. They say that firsthand experience is the best way to learn, but you do not want to deal with a great monster chicken, especially when it is projectile-ovulating. Trust me on this one.

Andrea said...

My friend Leo Gertner is going to the University of Chicago - he's very good people. I can give phone #?


I'm sorry about your car, the beef, and the fact that there is a troubled boy across the way from you.

I am kind of excited that you started a blog, though. if that's what it takes, i would have egged your car sooner...

http://geameade.livejournal.com

Ann said...

ha ha, wow, this is a gem! I am sorry (but happy) that there is a giant projectile ovulating bird in the vicinity. This rivals Ann Lovering Rounds' works, if you know what I mean...
aek