"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:
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.
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:
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.
ReplyDeleteThey do make nylon strings for guitars, my guess is the made for strings are batter than fishing line.
I KNOW Hick is a hoarder. I appreciate him creating Shackytown to hide his addiction.
DeleteI'm still trying to decide which ISLANDS. Where Hick thinks fishing line guitars are popular.
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."
ReplyDeleteCute little duckies.
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.
DeleteI did like the smooth feel of those ducks in my hand. But alas, they were not for ME!
I think Hick just likes junk, all except you you are of the finest quality.
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh! That's one of the nicest things anybody has ever said about me.
DeleteI'm laughing. Can you tell? I'm laughing!
ReplyDeleteThat'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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