Why am I awake?

[vanillafluffy]

An individual whom I do not know rang my doorbell repeatedly this morning. By the time I flung the covers off, pulled on a shift and staggered down the hall, they were in the car preparing to drive off.

Seeing me in the doorway, they stopped, got out of their PoS Ford (but I repeat myself) and asked if I was looking to sell my car.

"No," I said. "It's the only car I've got."

Now, I'm blinking, owl-eyed, trying to stay awake---which, on some four and a half hours of sleep is ridiculously difficult---maybe breakfast will help.

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Comments

[pwcorgigirl.livejournal.com]

You ought to be allowed to shoot people who do stuff like that. Grrr!

Not too long ago, we got a bunch of Jehovah's Witnesses at 9 a.m. on a Sunday morning. Corgiguy staggered to the door in his bathrobe, opened it, heard the spiel and said, "Why the hell aren't you people in church?" and slammed the door. He's usually nicer than that, but he said he was provoked. :D

[vanillafluffy.livejournal.com]

You ought to be allowed to shoot people who do stuff like that.

If only.

Kiss your husband for me. I may just borrow that line the next time they irk me. (I usually just say "Keep your tract, I'll recycle it without reading.")

[pwcorgigirl.livejournal.com]

Borrow away! :D The last time I personally had to deal with JWs I was holding Zippy in my arms to keep him from escaping. Zip's very territorial and he was doing that black-eyed/growling demon from hell routine, with every hair on his 18 and half pound body standing out. It's amazing how fast those Bible thumpers can move when they think they're about to be kitty lunch. :D

[vanillafluffy.livejournal.com]

And the sign out front says "Beware of the attack cat"?

[pwcorgigirl.livejournal.com]

That would be both cute and accurate, but what we have is much-ignored sign on the gate to the front porch that says "No Soliciting." :) Rocket rarely barks at strangers and would lick somebody to death, but Zip would turn their asses into steak tartare in a heartbeat.

[foreverhermit.livejournal.com]

Maybe I'm missing something, but why in the hell were they wanting to buy your car?

[vanillafluffy.livejournal.com]

Eithr because they figured no one would keep anything so old and crappy looking, or---and this reflects my evil, suspicious mind---they were casing the place and wanted to see if anyone was here. (As the next three or four houses west of me are all vacant.) Or it could be that they have an old Honda that needs parts, although they were driving a Ford.

[foreverhermit.livejournal.com]

I don't blame you for being suspicious (I thought of that too). You can't be too careful these days, unfortunately. :-(

[karaokegal.livejournal.com]

Well that's sucktastic in the extreme.

[vanillafluffy.livejournal.com]

True, but your icon makes me think of Jesse Spencer in a Speedo, which is awesome.

[karaokegal.livejournal.com]

Anything I can do to brighten up your day.