Monday, December 17, 2007

Need your help! I accidently donated my water bong to the Salvation Army!


So, I was cleaning out some old junk the other day from my apartment. The boxes were really starting to pile up. Around noon that day the doorbell rang. I went to answer and standing on my porch was a young gentleman sporting a green uniform and a high & tight haircut. His name tag read "Lt. Colonel Grover Muhstird - Artillery Commander - U.S. Salvation Army". Out of respect I immediately snapped to attention and we exchanged salutes.

Colonel Muhstird quickly got down to business. He informed me that his platoon was in the area collecting items for "the Army's" Annual Holiday Christmas Drive.

As a proud citizen I told that I did in fact have some items that I wished to donate. And so I started handing him box after box of stuff that I had just recently pulled from the closet.

Proud of my duty to America, I waved goodbye to the Colonel as he continued down my street atop his armored Chrysler Lebaron.

Retreating back into my apartment, I began to realize that I had REALLY just given away quite a large amount of my personal possessions. I really got carried away.

Suddenly, my blood started to run cold as it dawned on me that one of the boxes I had given away contained the love of my life ... a five-foot glass water bong that I had named Chief Jay SmokeThunder

I quickly dash out the door and down the street, but the Salvation Army's convoy had already left the area.

So, I guess what I'm asking is this... if you live near a Salvation Army Surplus Store... can you do me a favor and peek in there and see if my water bong is sitting on one of the shelves. Or, if you happen to be a poor homeless person and they show up one day and knock on your cardboard hut/shelter and unload a huge pile of gifts for you ... can ya just check and see if one of them is Chief Jay SmokeThunder? I'd be willing to exchange for it. Like maybe a sandwich and some crack?

Best wishes this holiday season,

Jonesy


1 comment:

  1. I wish you had said something earlier, Jonesy. Yesterday, I saw a homeless guy on the corner LaSalle and Adams who had--amongst his gee-gaws and doo-dads--something that in retrospect was probably your Dearly Departed Chief Jay.

    I gave him a an entire block of okonokos that I intended to sell to the Elves at Navy Pier. So, I guess we both lost a little something in the spirit of giving this Christmas season.

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