em manor was crawling with repairmen last Wed. Guys in tight faded Levis and t-shirts, men in khaki trousers and button-down shirts stitched with the company logos, alpha males wearing leather utility belts all a-dangle with Tools of the Trade and smelling of No. 4711.
· PSE+G man was on hand to fix the 5-month-old furnace;
· Sears appliance repair guy came in to investigate the 8-month-old dishwasher that can’t manage to wash mayonnaise off a knife;
· Comcast cable guy installed the new cable TV box and clicker with All-Access Everything;
· Brinks dispatched 2 men to shore up the em perimeter with an ultra-high-security system of sirens, lasers, and motion detectors that are monitored by well-trained, capable security officers 24/7; and finally,
· Electrician man followed up on the furnace when PSE+G man floundered. He poked one button and fired up the em furnace. One button. :-/
I almost felt like cooking a bunch of steaks for lunch. Well, for a minute or 2.
All those alpha males knocking around, working hard, the air must have been almost cloying :-)
*beats chest and kicks over tree*
Posted by: Ron | November 09, 2005 at 02:47 AM
You should've made them an Em burger.
And got a minefield planted too.
Posted by: Greavsie | November 09, 2005 at 03:41 AM
whoa, Ron! I did need that tree removed too. :-)
Greavsie, em burgers rule!
Posted by: em | November 09, 2005 at 07:41 AM
A security system for a house made of balsa wood and bailing wire and Scotch{tm} tape? Seems a bit excessive to me.
Posted by: Scott | November 09, 2005 at 09:39 AM
zomg! Yay for us! The cable guy didn't speak a lick of English, and it was SO HARD to understand him. Seriously. It was like he had a mouth full of marbles. :/
btw, I want to order Constantine the next time it comes on, so can I? >.> And um. Bring me back something good for me. Yippie hooray!
Posted by: Sam | November 09, 2005 at 12:45 PM
It's a fine grade of balsa wood.
Sam--what are you doing on my blog??
o.0
Posted by: em | November 09, 2005 at 04:58 PM