Urban scenes

Sharp Dressed Man

Eustace had tried to find and define himself in dress.  He had tried the western look, boots, buckle, hat, and had tried both the grunge thing and the goth look, but was finally inspired when he heard the Z Z Top song “Sharp Dressed Man…”

By |July 20th, 2014|Categories: Bizarre, Urban scenes|Tags: |Comments Off on Sharp Dressed Man

Batteries Not Included

Cammie loved her new city car–all electric, Al Gore approved, developed by the University of Phoenix (on Line) and the good news, no charging problems.  Just replace four AA batteries.  They were good for up to 50 miles if she only hauled one bag of groceries or didn’t use the optional bluetooth toothbrush option while waiting in traffic . . .

By |July 20th, 2014|Categories: Urban scenes, Vehicles|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on Batteries Not Included

Open Door Policy

With the change of government, the new leaders promised an open door policy which sounded good–until everyone found out there just wasn’t much to see now that the doors were open . . .

By |July 2nd, 2014|Categories: Politics, Urban scenes|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Open Door Policy

Oops!

Too late, Donny learned that the new fast food restaurant was dine in, not a drive in . . .

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Vertical Markets

Annieke, from Holland, was majoring in marketing at Harvard and told her father about her studies involving vertical markets.  When she returned home, she saw that her father’s attempt to integrate her new-found knowledge may have suffered from  a translation problem . . .

By |June 1st, 2014|Categories: Bizarre, Urban scenes|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on Vertical Markets

Twisted Logic

Dmitri was at a loss–the old guy had come to Home Depot in Prague to buy double pane glass for the two windows that had single pane glass, confident the new double pane glass would cut his heating bill significantly.  Somehow (maybe too much slivovitz in his breakfast coffee) he failed to understand that not also fixing the totally missing panes with something, even single pane just wasn’t going to help . . .

By |May 29th, 2014|Categories: Bizarre, Urban scenes|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Twisted Logic