Posted by Jason on March 15, 2000 at 11:34:35:
In Reply to: A deal's a deal posted by PSteven on March 13, 2000 at 19:17:31:
: OK, I told Lynne that if she posted the crab story, I'd post the storm drain story, and after all, a deal's a deal.
: I can actually relate to that kind of drug-related comical misplaced urgency. I remember as a teenager (oh so long ago) when I did LSD the first time. It was a rainy and windy night, and we were on an old civil war era estate in Virginia. On the corner of the carriage house there was a vertical drain pipe coming down from the rain gutters that lined the roof. This aluminum pipe stopped about a foot from the ground, and there was a slightly larger concrete pipe sticking up out of the ground about 6 inches, which the water was obviously meant to drain into. But the wind was blowing so hard the water was blown sideways out of the aluminum drain pipe and never made it the 6 crucial inches to the concrete pipe below it. Someone managed to convince me it was of the utmost importance that I crouch by the pipe and use my hands to block the wind and direct the water into the concrete pipe, while he ran to get help. With my time perception distorted as it was, I cannot determine how long it was that I diligently labored there feeling like I had a purpose in life.
Steve, that was a great experience, and a great time to share it.
Especially: "...I cannot determine how long it was that I diligently labored there feeling like I had a purpose in life..."
Wow!
Jason