tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-927396480055054170.post5964696463851846032..comments2023-06-08T06:53:33.892-04:00Comments on A TRANSIT OF CONTINGENCIES: OneBruce Duensinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06770861553045757360noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-927396480055054170.post-32361923313714740402014-03-13T18:37:40.626-04:002014-03-13T18:37:40.626-04:00I can see the scene clearly. It should be written ...I can see the scene clearly. It should be written into a movie as a moment of comic relief, serving as the hidden metaphor of course.Michael Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14863313404953361727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-927396480055054170.post-58444032861491612302014-03-13T18:28:47.832-04:002014-03-13T18:28:47.832-04:00To make matters more surreal, it actually happened...To make matters more surreal, it actually happened. He was firmly convinced this strategy would work and advised me to roll down the window. I asked him how long he had to zoom along to make the stink vanish. He said as long as it takes. Only looking back did I realize this was a metaphor. As friends it was dangerous to have two left of center, squared wheels in close proximity. During my passage through Montana we both worked at a bottling factory. One day to kill the time we began gabbing about fast food..who had the best example of this or that...and made the decision to have a gourmet lunch. Went through three drive thu's..French fries from McDonalds fried in beef fat, a greasy cheeseburger from Wendys and topped it off with a Dairy Queen shake which caused us to be considerably late coming back which caused the skinny kid who was our foreman a considerable look of dismay. We explained our situation and he expressed his admiration by a pregnant pause than asking...well..how was it? <br />"Great" went the Greek chorus. "Have to try that sometime" That was Montana in a nutshell. Land of the volunteer posse to round up wild dogs, justice of the peace as the local judge and jury, and dead pan surrealism in general. Bruce Duensinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06770861553045757360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-927396480055054170.post-76510632760093633692014-03-13T18:02:09.052-04:002014-03-13T18:02:09.052-04:00Sometimes I imagine we are all "running from ...Sometimes I imagine we are all "running from the stink"....that's such a great line, hope you don't mind if I use it in the future.Michael Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14863313404953361727noreply@blogger.com