Friday, December 16, 2005

I found a two dollar bill, which makes me think about...


The two dollar bill at the center of this story was not much different than the one pictured above. With the exception being that scribbled around the border were intense thoughts of love and devotion by Joe's girlfriend, in a style and level of emotion only a fellow Hampshire literature major could truly appreciate. Joe carried this 2 dollar bill around in his wallet for years. However several summers ago on a road trip across the country Joe parted ways with his prized 2 dollar bill...but that's because Evan got really drunk, stole my car in the middle of the night [even though dude cannot drive and had no license] and drove off into rural Indiana in search of a late night snack. Well somehow he found a gas station, but he was completely out of money [ 5 years later dude still doesn't have a fucking dime in his pocket]. But Evan is persistent. Not one to give up on a delicious late night treat. [when Evan sleeps over someone's house you can generally find a trail of crumbs and/or mustard from the refrigerator-to the couch-and out the door. I woke up one morning to find a semi-frozen package of Italian sausages in the toaster oven...still wrapped in plastic....in the toaster oven. I think he also ate an entire bottle of capers]. Anyway, Joe happened to forget his wallet in the car that night and Evan stumbled upon it after rummaging through the glove compartment. He took out the 2 dollar bill and bought a bag of reese's pieces, and then scarfed them down in the car and fell asleep....with the lights on. When he emerged from this sleep it was 3 in the morning and the car would not start. After getting a jump he somehow found his way back to where we were staying [all the while only managing to lose one of my hubcaps]. That morning I woke up and had no idea that he had even taken my car that night [I thought he passed out in another room] and I don't think Evan realized that he had spent Joe's 2 dollar bill until hours later when Joe opened his wallet to discover it missing. That was a funny apology. "Uhhhhh....yeah, sorry dude I spent your 2 dollar bill"...."What did I spend it on?" ....."errr....on some candy...." I guess the moral of the story is that Reese's Pieces are delicious....And Joe was being real gay carrying a 2 dollar bill around in his wallet for so long.


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