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...The Custom Couch stand was handing out blue icee's. It had finally cooled off, out of the triple digits for the first time all week. A genuine calypso band was playing, but they'd changed the lyrics to fit the "RV" theme. It was kind of an odd site to see hordes of old white people milling about while a Jamaican Rastafarian sang:
"If you want to be happy for the rest of your life
buy an RV for you and your wife."
But by then nothing I saw could really shock me. I'd seen RV's outfitted with white leather, king size beds, and 40-inch plasma flat screens that came out of the ceiling. There was even one that talked. And I'd seen century-old toothless honkys plopping down the half a million dollars it cost to buy one. ...
I now dedicate Fastball's 'The Way' to dg in honor of his future adventures. May your road be paved with gold...and not in a weirdo morbid way, either.
It was yesterday, actually, but I am used to USians not fathoming the date line, much less accepting that other countries are ahead of them in any way ;-)
Thanks all, it was a great surprise to see this thread pop up. Love the comic strips, hate getting older and grumpier.
Well, fucking thanks everyone. Especially loquacious for knowing that I would not find that story creepy, but would think it was quite understandable how the guy felt.
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