At what point is "Duh?" appropriate?
I noticed the other day that my neighbor has a "private property" sign. Not a big deal, these signs are at the edges of many lawns, and many vast tracks of land showing that the land is "owned", and the owner doesn't want people wandering across it. Sometimes you see these signs on chain link fences topped with barbed wire. I am sure that it probably didn't cross your mind, it certainly didn't mine, but isn't the barbed wire topped chain length fence pretty much a dead giveaway that the area in question isn't a public park?
I mean, do prisons need "private property" signs. Its sort of a "Duh!" right?
That neighbor I mentioned, his/her "Private Property" sign is not on the edge of their property but in the window of the house 75 yards from the end of their driveway. What's the message?
"No you may not come into my house and have a picnic in my living room floor"?
I myself have signs at the back edge of my property in the trees that say "no hunting" in the hopes that my house won't be critically wounded during hunting season this fall. Nothing says, "eek" like finding a bullet lodged in the opposite wall from where the bullet entered.
But I have no signs in my window. If anyone comes down my driveway unannounced and knocks on my door, they get a different kind of warning.
I answer the door naked, and holding an ax. I guess my real problem is I find the "private property" sign in the window idea cold and impersonal. It greets strangers just like it greets friends. My way, when friends are coming over, I put on cloths, pick up the place and prepare snacks. To each their own, but I think I like my way better.
Comments
This is too much Woody. I had to read it in segments because I was laughing so hard. Brenda Oh, and about the answering the door naked bit, is the body spandex ready yet? If not you may want to reconsider and at least wear a fur drape of some kind. BB
Posted by: B renda Bowers | September 28, 2007 3:59 PM
I'm afraid the fur drape is unavoidable. ;)
Posted by: Woody Cavenaugh | September 28, 2007 4:02 PM
LOL LOL Got me again old buddy! BB
Posted by: Brenda Bowers | September 28, 2007 8:06 PM
Snacks you say? I'll be right over. Ax or no ax.
Posted by: Nisha | September 28, 2007 10:06 PM
There's an old Zen story that goes something like this:
Once there was a wise Zen master who lived in a house on the edge of the kingdom. He would rarely come to court and so when the price of the land wanted to seek his advice, he had to travel the long distance himself. So one day, in need of counsel, the prince did just that and after many days of travel, arrived at the front door of the Zen master.
A member of the prince's personal guard knocked on the door very loudly several times. Finally, the Zen master answered and everyone was shocked to see that he stood there completely naked.
"How dare you show yourself in front of the prince in such a state," the guard shouted. "You do not even have the decency to put on a pair of pants."
The Zen master looked at the prince and said, "The world is my home and my home is my pants. What are you doing in my pants?!"
Then he shut the door.
Posted by: Ike | September 29, 2007 8:49 PM