AIMLESSLY UNBALANCED

Franklin , Tennessee - BVD and I raked up a rather huge pile of leaves. This is what happened

The City of Franklin leaf pick 'em up crew was working on a pile next door. The people had thrown the leaves down to the bottom of their ditch. The workers did not complain about hiking down and raking all of those leaves up to their suction machine. I mean , that ditch is soo deep , they could have gotten hurt , like a splinter from the rake handle or sumpin. BVD went over to ask them why they had not touched his leaves.

Their response was - " That pile is Soooo BIG , it might break our rake. Ha ha ha ha. Well , I mean , we have just one rake among us 3 working guys. Besides , look man , your property is on the wrong side of our map , which is to say , our rake does'nt reach that far across the grassy leaves. This means , you neeed to call the Williamson County Waste and Leaf Dumping Department to see after your neeeds , in this matter. Okay ? In other words , it's been snowing and the ground is all wet and this truck might sink up to it's axle and mess up your yard , maybe we can get to it next week and the ground will be dry and my supervisor won't be around , to see us do it. "

So , BVD and I raked the pile into the street. This was their reaction.

Yep , that's right. The pile was just too much for them to handle , I mean , that wuz the biggest damn pile they had ever seen in their whole leaf picking career , and so , they hunkered down , hiding behind their capes , hoping they would not be seen doing an illegal " Bat Turn " , in a 4-way intersection , in downtown Main Street Franklin

Yes , this is a prime example of the Gold Star service any citizen can expect here in Franklin , especially upon considering the fact that BVD pays both county AND city citizens taxes , in exchange for the privilege of living in this town.