This afternoon, I had the opportunity to chat with my mom while she and my dad were driving from their house on the shore to my daughter's in Virginia Beach to spend the weekend. She says to me, "Oh, Joyce! I have to tell you what we saw on the way to the dump yesterday! You won't believe it." She was right. It was a road-side finding that I could not compete with. Mom's road-shoulder findings have officially trumped mine.
As my dad drove along the two-lane road, mom was simply enjoying the ride - you know, glancing to the right, turning to admire my dad's profile, looking ahead again. But then she thinks she sees something odd just up ahead on the shoulder to the left. They whiz by it. "Huh," she says to herself. The thought is so unbelievable, that after a few seconds she simply has to ask my father, "Papa? Did you see that?" In perfect Papa fashion, he responds, "See what?". Mom hesitates a moment before elaborating for fear my father would feel the need to make an immediate U-turn and head to Salisbury to the hospital entrance marked "Psychiatry".
"Um, I'm pretty sure there was a coffin sitting along the side of the road."
My dad says, "A coffin?" My dad is a man of very few words.
"Yes, Speed, a coffin." My dad has been known as "Speed" his entire life. That's another story for later.
"Mema, we'll look again on our way back, ok?"...
Once they've unloaded the truck at the recycle center, my folks head back to The Big House...with eyes wide open and going well below the speed limit. And sure enough...
"See! A Coffin! Speed, what's a coffin doing sitting out there along the side of the road with no one there?!"
"Oh, someone's there. They're in the coffin."
You don't want to get into a conversation with my dad. You will consider driving YOURSELF to the nearest hospital entrance marked "Psychiatry".
This experience just confirms my growing interest in cremation because the last thing I want is my dead ass left waiting on the side of the road for the grave digger...or for my mom to have to run to the ATM to "get some cash to pay the man"!
Rest In Peace.
4 comments:
That was so crazy hahaha
That's probably one of the most random things a person could see on the side of the road. If I weren't donating my body to science, I'd definitely consider cremation after reading this.
i'm convinced you lie awake at night and make this stuff up!!! yep, psychiatric ward for YOU for sure!!!
OMG - I agree - cremation - I told Dan that's what I want unless for some reason you think I was murdered and need to exhume my body for evidence. I know, I watch too much CSI.
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