I've made a mental list, over the years, of things I would purchase if I won the lottery. The first thing would be a Corvette. I've wanted one since I was a kid, so I'm not even going to feel guilty about it. Then a truck. I'd make a dental appointment and have my eyes checked. Then I'd buy a house. I wouldn't buy a rapper's mansion, with an indoor pool, bowling alley, movie theater, etc., but I would buy a nice, roomy, well built home. Preferably 2 stories.
If I won the lottery I would buy good socks, quality paper products (towels, toilet tissue), a top of the line mattress and some quality sheets. Sheets like Oprah uses. One thing that would give me great pleasure would be to have intense water pressure. I want Commando 4000 pressure.
Whenever I'm in the shower, I usually think of 3 things: "Fire" by The Ohio Players (don't ask me why), something I heard some comedian say years ago ("The older I get, the lazier I get. I can't remember the last time I washed my legs in the shower...") and Lyndon B. Johnson. I had a history teacher in high school who loved to personalize historical figures. She once told an anecdote about the first thing Johnson did when he became president: he had the water pressure cranked up in the White House. He was a no nonsense Texan. He wanted to be hosed down like a steer (or whatever they hose down in Texas).
I realize I've digressed. I seem to digress a lot these days. Like right now I'm wondering if information contained in parentheses is by its very nature desultorious. Data crammed edge-wise into the sentence proper. Parenthetical digressions, if you will.
But I digress.
Corvette.
House.
Good socks.
Nice bed.
Water pressure.
Great post Jimmi. This is what I tune in for!
ReplyDelete