Thursday, May 18, 2006

125/365 Eddie - Third Cousin Twice Removed

Eddie, unemployed and approaching fifty, frequently visited the Woolworth’s department store where my great-aunt worked after her retirement from fifty-three years in the ball bearing factory.

“Couple dollars?” he'd mooch.
“Not for booze."
“No. Final Net.”

Eddie wooed ladies with his Liberace-style, gravity-defying pompadour.

3 Comments:

Blogger Otter said...

What an original guy. Maybe he got high off the Final Net. Thus killing two birds with one stone.

11:38 PM  
Blogger Helen said...

This is another post where I wish, oh so badly, that a picture had been attached...

2:45 PM  
Blogger ntexas99 said...

helen ... in a way, there WAS a picture attached! It just happened to only exist in the space behind our eyes.

great capture. right down to the final net.

11:57 PM  

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