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mbarker Original Posting 12/19/2019
Old Man Murphy (550 words)By Mike BarkerWhat do you mean, you want to know if I knew old man Murphy?Y'a know, when I was growing up, most of the kids were scared of old man Murphy. He lived in that funny house on the corner all by himself, and he didn't seem to do anything. Although everybody loved his Christmas lights. He took that old house, and just covered it with lights.Did I ever talk to him?Of course, I used to talk to him. He subscribed to the local paper, and I delivered it, so I had to go in and collect from him. He always had time to talk to me, and he had some really great stories. I mean I remember him talking about his pet that he called Growler, and the time that Growler got caught by some monstrous wasps. Growler got stung, and swelled up. But the vet gave him some kind of special medicine, and old Growler pulled through. I could see tears in old man Murphy's eyes when he was talking about it. I asked him about Growler, and he said he left him back on the home planet.That's one of the things I liked about old man Murphy. He always talked about his home planet. It was almost like one of those science fiction books or something.What about the Christmas lights?Anyway, he covered his house with lights every Christmas. He had ladders of lights, lights that changed colors, all kinds of lights. People used to come take videos of all his lights. I've got several videos myself. He was always adding some things and moving other things around. It was the best light show in town.I asked him about it, and he said it wasn't really for Christmas, it was because the intergalactic rescue ships always check for signals on the winter solstice. When I told him I didn't know what that was, he explained that the shortest day and longest night was the winter solstice, and that it was standard practice for the rescue ships to look for signals at that time, and for aliens to make signals. Then he would chuckle, and say that maybe this year would be the year that one of the rescue ships would notice his signal.Why are you interested? Oh wow, that's quite a story.So, you tell me that he put up even more lights this year? And the other night, the night of the winter solstice, he had them running all night? Matter of fact, they were running the next day? And when someone called the police, and they went inside, there was nobody there. Not surprising.What do I mean?Seems obvious to me. Old man Murphy went home.What am I going to do?Now, I have to admit, I'm going to try and get every bit of video that I can find about his house, especially this year. And then I'm going to start putting up Christmas lights myself.See if I can get a rescue ship to land. I'd really kind of like to see Growler and old man Murphy, and the best way I can think to do it is with a bit of light.Shining in the dark of a winter's solstice.The End(or maybe it's the beginning?)
Old Man Murphy (550 words)By Mike BarkerWhat do you mean, you want to know if I knew old man Murphy?Y'a know, when I was growing up, most of the kids were scared of old man Murphy. He lived in that funny house on the corner all by himself, and he didn't seem to do anything. Although everybody loved his Christmas lights. He took that old house, and just covered it with lights.Did I ever talk to him?Of course, I used to talk to him. He subscribed to the local paper, and I delivered it, so I had to go in and collect from him. He always had time to talk to me, and he had some really great stories. I mean I remember him talking about his pet that he called Growler, and the time that Growler got caught by some monstrous wasps. Growler got stung, and swelled up. But the vet gave him some kind of special medicine, and old Growler pulled through. I could see tears in old man Murphy's eyes when he was talking about it. I asked him about Growler, and he said he left him back on the home planet.That's one of the things I liked about old man Murphy. He always talked about his home planet. It was almost like one of those science fiction books or something.What about the Christmas lights?Anyway, he covered his house with lights every Christmas. He had ladders of lights, lights that changed colors, all kinds of lights. People used to come take videos of all his lights. I've got several videos myself. He was always adding some things and moving other things around. It was the best light show in town.I asked him about it, and he said it wasn't really for Christmas, it was because the intergalactic rescue ships always check for signals on the winter solstice. When I told him I didn't know what that was, he explained that the shortest day and longest night was the winter solstice, and that it was standard practice for the rescue ships to look for signals at that time, and for aliens to make signals. Then he would chuckle, and say that maybe this year would be the year that one of the rescue ships would notice his signal.Why are you interested? Oh wow, that's quite a story.So, you tell me that he put up even more lights this year? And the other night, the night of the winter solstice, he had them running all night? Matter of fact, they were running the next day? And when someone called the police, and they went inside, there was nobody there. Not surprising.What do I mean?Seems obvious to me. Old man Murphy went home.What am I going to do?Now, I have to admit, I'm going to try and get every bit of video that I can find about his house, especially this year. And then I'm going to start putting up Christmas lights myself.See if I can get a rescue ship to land. I'd really kind of like to see Growler and old man Murphy, and the best way I can think to do it is with a bit of light.Shining in the dark of a winter's solstice.The End(or maybe it's the beginning?)
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