Friday, February 11, 2005

Holmes

Holmes has been working lately. Of course, the weather is warmer than usual, so his productivity has increased. For that short stretch when it was bitterly cold, he didn't show up for work at all, or only after much coaxing. He is the most tempermental of fellows, Old Holmes is.

Holmes fits in well in this household. All of the inhabitants here indulge erratic behaviorial habits. So his were to be expected, I guess, as a natural consequence of life. Thus, it seems perfectly normal to have an electric heater, Holmes, which will only ignite and warm during the Dog Days of Summer, then refuse to report for duty in the winter.
Chae

2 Comments:

At 11:56 AM, Blogger Noreen said...

I think Holmes has relatives living in the attic of my house. They both have the genetic tendency to not work in the cold weather. They must think they are farmers. :)
Gotta Love this blogging thing, its my new addiction! (here's a line I predict for Airplane 2005 - if and when it is ever made - "I picked the wrong day to quit blogging."

 
At 1:57 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Perhaps a hammer and a screwdriver placed strategically in Holme's view would scare the slacker into compliant appliance behavior.Over Very

 

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