Showing posts with label Help Requests. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Help Requests. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Asking For Help

People stop me on the street to ask for help. I look like that kind of guy. Where's MOMA? Are my buttons in line? Was Freud right? Exactly how many Kardashians are there? Can one put ketchup on a burrito?
I decided to profit from my expertise by renting a storefront and posting a sign that said Ask Me Anything.
My first customer was an illustrator who had lost his mojo. All I draw is clowns and unicorns, he moaned. What is the meaning of my life?
I asked what his father did. He was in wall and floor covering, the man responded. I nodded and said, clowns and unicorns put a smile on people's faces. Wallpaper doesn't. He beamed and hugged me. On his way out, a thought occurred to me.
On the other hand, I called, nothing quite compares to a soft, plush rug. He broke down in tears, staggering away.
The woman who came in next asked me if wide shoulders is still a viable fashion statement. She idolized Joan Crawford and Barbara Stanwyck. I told her looking like a strong, independent woman will never go out of style. I prayed she wouldn't ask a culotte question. I've always been ambivalent about culottes.