Thursday, October 24, 2019

Goodwill Ducking

Hick and I made a trip down to Casino Town on Wednesday. He wanted to stop by the Goodwill first. We usually do that after the casino, but I guess Hick wasn't feeling confident, and wanted to make sure he still had money for Goodwill.

"What are you looking for?"

"Everything. Nothing in particular."

"Are you looking for another guitar?"

"No. I have three right now in my Storage Unit Store. Here's an interesting thing I found out. I hadn't noticed before, but one of them is strung with fishing line. One of my buddies was in there playing it. He said they do that in the islands. Take different gauges of fishing line, and use it for the strings. Supposedly it makes the sound better. The rhythm, I think."

"Well, I doubt the thickness of fishing line would affect the rhythm of a guitar!"

"Not rhythm. What was that? The tone! That's it. The fishing line gives it a better tone."

"Huh."

Sometimes I think Hick just makes stuff up to see what I'll believe. Like Jon Lovitz as the LIAR guy. Yeah. That's the ticket!

Anyhoo, Hick wasn't in Goodwill very long. He came back to the car without opening up the hatch or back door.

"Oh, you didn't find anything?"

Hick held out his fist, palm down. Of course I reached out. You never know when he's expecting me to get rid of a crumpled receipt, or candy wrapper. This time, he dropped two items into my hand. Silly me! At first I thought he'd brought me a gift. What a thoughtful fellow he is! Only he wasn't. He just wanted me to stow away the gift he'd bought himself:

They're hard plastic. Maybe resin. About 2.5 inches long. Hollow underneath. The left one looks like its tail is chipped. The price sticker was on the bottom. $1 for the pair.

I asked Hick if somebody would buy them, and he said,

"They're not for sale. I'm keeping them. I'll put them in my shed."

Meaning his Fishing Lair, the themed shack he's devoted to fishing paraphernalia.

Here are a couple of past reveals for the Fishing Lair:

You Get A Line and I'll Get a Pole, Honey

Hick's Latest Catch

Also, another picture from inside that I'm not sure I revealed, due to Hick's lack of focus:

Hick just keeps pluggin' along.

8 comments:

  1. I think Hick is a hoarder, only instead of just letting his stuff cram your house so you can't move, he keeps building sheds and sorts his stuff by the sheds. That's a pretty good compromise.

    They do make nylon strings for guitars, my guess is the made for strings are batter than fishing line.

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    1. I KNOW Hick is a hoarder. I appreciate him creating Shackytown to hide his addiction.

      I'm still trying to decide which ISLANDS. Where Hick thinks fishing line guitars are popular.

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  2. Interesting about the fishing lines guitar strings. I don't think Hick was lying or making stuff up. It sounds more like a case of ageism, where the correct word doesn't immediately come to mind so you slot in a similar one without thinking. I do it all the time, then someone will say "did you mean..." and I'll say "Yes! thank you."
    Cute little duckies.

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    1. I think he might be making up the fishing line strings. But the RHYTHM part was a wrong word. He even admitted that today, when we were talking again about his Storage Unit Store.

      I did like the smooth feel of those ducks in my hand. But alas, they were not for ME!

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  3. I think Hick just likes junk, all except you you are of the finest quality.

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    1. Oh my gosh! That's one of the nicest things anybody has ever said about me.

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  4. I'm laughing. Can you tell? I'm laughing!

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    1. That's a relief. I thought I heard something, but didn't want it to be that entity that lurks around my basement.

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