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By Bill Stokes
Kickass, the doorstop dog, acknowledges the keeper noting that for most of his long column-writing life he has been burdened with coming up with subject matter for a message to readers. There were many close calls when failure seemed inevitable, and then something would occur to save the keeper, like the evening a group of friends in Wonewoc invited him along as they headed out to fire their homemade cannon. Details about the sand-filled beer can as a projectile and grandpa taking cover behind the hayrack made for a great column.
Then there was the Tomah farm hand watching his overalls dry in the laundromat after they had been the target of a defecating cow.
So, this morning, the keeper waits for something like a homemade cannon or a defecating cow.
Otherwise, his self-imposed deadline will be missed and he can have a relaxing breakfast with Phyllis, which very well could produce something to save him yet one more time.
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