Small Town Life and Trampolines

I was walking the dog last week and I saw two guys rolling a giant trampoline down my street-- and this was something I had never seen before, so I didn't have anything particularly witty to say to them, but it seemed like such a good opportunity to say something . . . because when you see some people rolling a trampoline down your street, you should have some base level of curiosity, or you're not really a human, and so I took a shot and came up with "good thing that thing is round!" and while I'll admit that this comment is not my best work, it was good enough to break the ice, and then-- miracle of small-town miracles-- it turned out that I knew one of the guys rolling the trampoline, he was a fellow over-30 basketball player who I had covered many times and a fellow dad and an all around good guy and we chatted for a moment about the logistics of the trampoline transportation, they were moving the big bouncer from my neighbor's backyard to his down the street . . . and I'm not sure what the moral of the story is, but I will say that I love living in a small town where these sort of things happen and the next time someone is rolling a trampoline down my street I'm going to say something much funnier, like: "Don't let any kids use that thing if their parents are lawyers!"

5 comments:

Whitney said...

I agree with the small-town part, as I moved back to my hometown and love how I can run into friends I've known for 2 years or 42 just walking down the street.

I disagree that your second joke would be funnier than the first.

Dave said...

my trampoline material is lacking . . .

zman said...

Next time you should say "I hear your wife puts the tramp in that trampoline". Whatever happens next will be funny.

Clarence said...

Z is right, anything to incorporate tramp in the joke makes it good.

Dave said...

ok, definitely using that one the next time (i see some dudes rolling a trampoline down my street).

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