Having
been bound by a geis long ago, David Higgleson needed to park
close to the front of wherever he went or a horrible doom would
befall him, much as happened to Cuchulainn whose geasa to never eat
dog meat and to always accept hospitality doomed him when he was
forced to accept a dog meat dinner. But what could David do? He had
wanted to see Red Eyed Monster play in concert for years, and there
wasn't a parking space to be found anywhere by the time he arrived to
the sold out show. Low on gas and half way through his tenth circuit
around the massive parking lot, David came to a startling, life
changing realization. His geis only demanded he park close to the
front. It never said he needed a parking space. A two hundred dollar
parking ticket, plus towing expenses was a lot better than downfall,
doom, and death, he reasoned. Finding the closest spot to the doors
he could, he maneuvered his car like a champ and made his way to the
show.
He
was not the least bit surprised when he found a parking ticket on his
windshield after the concert, for such was the trade off for staying
alive. He was, however, a little pleased with the note written by the
cop who left the ticket, in which he praised David for parallel
parking between those two trees like a real pro.
- Originally mailed to J. St. John of Picayune, Mississippi
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