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Friday, March 27, 2009

The city officials are human after all

I am actually blogging from my iPhone and thus, will be writing just a snippet.

Do you know how every city has those big white trucks with orange flashing lights attached to the top? They aren't cops, but well, they are something. Something official. The city trucks in Newark generally drive around with one purpose: to make sure that the postage stamp sized lawn in front of our house is not too long. And if it is, well then they are only too happy to give us a warning with an impending fine attached if the warning is not heeded.

I imagine they do other things, but that has been my only experience with them.


Or had been my only experience with them, I should say.

So while my mom and I were walking her dog yesterday, one of those trucks passed by--presumably on their way to inspect the lawns of Hartford. This particular official must inspect some of the seedier neighborhoods because his truck was equipped with a megaphone. I suppose actually getting out of his car to slap that warning on the lawn offender's front door could pose too much of a threat (people with unkempt lawns tend to be very dangerous, you know), so he simply and safely yells at them by megaphone while keeping the windows up and doors locked.

Or something like that.

But as I said, we were minding our business with Strider when we heard this loudly amplified, almost robotic sounding voice rise above the din of traffic to say,

THAT IS A BEAUTIFUL DOG.

In surprise, we turned around just in time to catch the official white truck whiz by and we both started laughing.

Now if only I could keep Strider on my front lawn, maybe then the officials would be so taken by him that they wouldn't notice the length of my grass.

14 comments:

kathiek said...

That is funny!

Jenna Latshaw said...

haha that made me laugh out loud!!

peaj said...

Your tax dollars at work.

jason said...

I am proud of you for blogging from your iPhone. How did you do it?

Jessica said...

lol, peaj!

Jase--for some reason when I tried this time it worked! Maybe I was doing something wrong last time...:/

Anonymous said...

tether...ask dick about it..

Jessica said...

come again, anon?

Anonymous said...

tether you phone to your computer....internet anywhere

Jessica said...

Aha! Well yes, thank you for that, Anon-and for some reason I feel like is some sort of inside joke you might have with drew...am I onto something?

Anonymous said...

no silly! its something iphone users can do...u should definitely doing do it...

Jessica said...

oh! I guess we can rule out codebreaker for the FBI as a second career...;)

Thanks I will look into that!

Certainly Not Anonymous said...

You could actually have tethered your blackberry, too.

Jessica said...

Okay, Anon...So if you know that I had a blackberry until only recently, when I replaced it with an iphone after it broke--then you must actually know me.

So...remember how I am NOT a code breaker? Why don't you clue me in and let me know who you are?

All who think this is a good idea, please raise your hand.

*passionately raising my hand, btw*

kathiek said...

Raising both hands here.