THE CULPABILITY
The culpability, blame, whatever you want to call it, accrued to Bill, or William, or whatever you want to call him. That's the way nature is. It produces people like Bill, or William, unless you want to blame nurture, what the heck it's your nickel. He's the one who came up with the germ of the idea to rent the camper to Donna, and her boyfriend Larry, that dumbshit. Nature, or nurture, produces Larrys too, who cannot pull their own weight minus 100 pounds, if that. Anyway the trailer burned. It burned in the campground while Donna and Larry, who saw fit to mess around with roman candles inside the trailer, watched. It was pretty exciting. But Bill, or William, and this is the thing, knew Larry, and knew Larry was a dumbshit, and still saw fit to rent the trailer to Larry, whose brains never arrived from the manufacturer. Which is why Wanda, who actually owned the trailer and was Bill or William's wife, blew a gasket at Bill or William, for renting the trailer to Larry who promptly burned it to the ground, and with no insurance either. If there'd have been insurance Wanda would not have minded, but there was no insurance, not a nickel. And it's not as if Larry or Donna for that matter was in any position to pay for the trailer they burned right down to the wheels, they were lucky to be able to scrape up a dollar in spare change from the cushions behind their sofa. How would they like it, said Wanda to Bill, you idiot, she called Bill, if I was to go over to their house and set off roman candles in their living room? In fact, she told Bill, I think that's what I'm going to do, I'm going to go over to their house and set off roman candles in their living room. Bill ventured no opinion on this idea, he knew better than to stand in the way of Wanda, whom nature or nurture had made as tough as iron. Anyway, Larry called, to apologize, and Wanda grabbed the phone, and there was an atrocity perpetrated on Larry's character, by means of Wanda's mouth. She gave him an earful, and more. She said if I ever see you I intend to kill you, those were her very words. Then she said to Bill, the same goes for you.
That nicht, Culpabilly was born.
Posted by: Jan Martin Löhndorf | June 20, 2016 at 03:25 PM
Ja, Du bis correct, mein Freund.
Posted by: Mike | June 22, 2016 at 08:25 AM
Very teutonic, mein Freund! Ich bin begeistert.
Posted by: Jan Martin Löhndorf | June 23, 2016 at 01:10 AM
Ich auch! Wait. Ich been Verruckt!
Posted by: Mike | June 26, 2016 at 05:14 PM