A Quick Nap
I live a (sometimes) strange life. Different and off the wall things sort of happen to me, but always funny. Or, at
least I find them funny.
For example, recently I decided to take a quick nap as I had a gig that night, when I heard a very loud
knocking at my door. I answered the door and there were 6 firemen in full uniforms standing there in the hall.
My friend Annie would say 6 HOT firemen, but I digress. More followed and all much hotter than me.
I say, may I help you? They answered it was reported that someone was in distress and there was loud
moaning coming from my apartment. I told them it's been a long time since any moaning came from this
apartment (sigh!).
There were 2 fire trucks, 3 police cars, a paramedic truck and an ambulance at the scene. (See picture) All
total about 13-15 emergency personnel all doing their duty. To check out my moaning…Geez!
I suspect my elderly neighbor called them. She makes it a habit to knock on my door all hours of the day for
help fixing her TV or what not. The other day she came over in a frantic that there was something wrong with
her sink.
Everything that could be happening started running through my head. A busted faucet and water going
everywhere or any number of disasters awaited me when I went over. I ran into her apartment and turned off
the garbage disposal. Another problem solved. Sigh!
So, I assume she came over for something started knocking and ringing. When I didn’t answer the door she
feared the worse and called 911. Just a suspicion...
Did I really need to be reminded that I haven’t moaned in my apartment for quite a long time? Believe me if
ever I moan again, I may put up a billboard to announce it. I think I may have a snoring problem though.
Anytime half of the Santa Clarita emergency responders show up at my apartment it may be an issue.
I’m so loud it sounds like I’m taking a chainsaw to my furniture - not that it doesn’t deserve it. It may also
explain why I live alone, but I digress.
“Laugh and the world laughs with you. Snore and you sleep alone.”
I had a lot of new material for the show that night.
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