Bill Clinton Visits the Leg
Wellington Leg: After many years of feeling no pain Legians have the chance to observe All Saints Day with Bill, who not only feels our pain, but has captured it in the pages of his latest book. Clinton will sign his book at the University Bookstore this evening at 6pm PDT. Don’t even think about parking north of the ship canal; this is Bill Clinton and he’s going to fix our aging infrastructure.
Who got bumped? Mrs. Edna Farqua of Lake Forest Park was scheduled to read from her latest and was shocked to see 4,000 shivering fans lined up around the block. Edna failed to notice the big banner on the bookstore’s noble facade “Bill Clinton Tonight!”
A fantasy of mine is to have a massive turnout at my reading wherein streams of shining faces arrive to buy, buy, buy. Like many fantasies it requires ignoring some realities, but come on, we’ve had eight glorious years of ignoring reality in all its manifestations. Ignore it! It will go away.
Still the image lingers, the stir of the crowd, the anxious faces of booksellers not accustomed to crowd control. One little mix-up and the Bill Clinton spotlight abruptly shifts…to unknown author.
Of course the truth often Trumps these flights of fancy. I don’t know if Bill plans to distribute cash to the first one hundred customers. After all he is not running for office, so he’s free to do whatever it takes.
This is bigger than Doctor Phil. It’s certainly bigger than my meager imagination can grasp. All leaves are canceled for our beloved meter maids; get out there and write some tickets.
Bring your friends, bring your neighbors. Bring your pain.
November 11th, 2007 at 3:14 pm
So funny about Edna!