Wed 7 Jan 2009
Confronted With a Massive EGO
Posted by TJ under Hummerville
Miserable morning. Hummerville was laminated in a thin layer of ice, so I left the trusty Trek at home and headed out on foot–a foot hindered by a Metro-North door slamming me in the heel yesterday on the 5:46, no less.
The rain was falling and the roads were a messy mix of ice and mud. I hit the home stretch to the Hummerville station–the lonely strip of auto parts stores, insurance offices and an ancient graveyard–that line the back entrance to the station.
As I neared the stairs, I saw a massive SUV preparing to leave after discharging a passenger. It was a black Escalade that was as big as your first NYC apartment, roomy enough not only to house an NFL quarterback and his O-line, but a few of his fighting pit bulls as well.
I gave the colossal ride a sneer. Mind you, we’re not all fully green–I know The Missus takes our car over to the elementary school to spin donuts the second I steer my bike out the driveway. Bomething about the sight of the Escalade, its driver warm and dry on the inside as I schlepped through the freezing rain, dropped me into a foul mood.
But my mood changed as I got within 10 feet of the hulking Escalade. A license plate from the heavens: EGO 1914.
That made my morning.
March 15th, 2010 at 1:31 pm
I, too, possess a pit-bull who is the most loving animal I’ve ever owned. Soon, a new dog breed will appear along for the media to blast, as they have performed rotties and dobies in past many years. Unfortunate that media sensationalism breeds so much inaccurate information.