Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for March 30, 2015
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hey, tourists! avoid the crowds! go seek out- richard's poor almanack by richard thompson uncharted washington uncanny groaning escalator - an escalator at the federal triangle metro station produces a weird keening sound similar to a humpback whale's song. attempts to fix it have been unsuccessful. escalator: eeeyoo oowa agh man: it's trying to tell us something. woman: i think it's in pain! mysterious bollard circle - an inexplicable ring of bollards near the ellipse that protects nothing corporeal may in fact be a new age fairy ring solar calendar vortex, like stonehenge. man: it's clearly not of this world! woman: i can feel its healing aura! the source of glebe road - the point of origin of glebe road, the protean, shiftly and many-tentacled virginia street, is most likely a nondescript driveway in hyattsville, md. man: it seems so harmless! woman: it should be dammed up! kid: now can we go to the spy museum?
ellisaana Premium Member over 9 years ago
There must have been a time, in Northern Virginia, when choices for road names were restricted. Any name could be chosen, as long as it included one of the following somewhere within its name: Lee, Glebe or Ox.
Sisyphos over 9 years ago
The youngster looks like a more normal version of Dill. So, is this what Dill’s mom and dad would look like?For your next stop, how about getting lost in Rock Creek Park?
magicwalnut over 9 years ago
Exactly what I was thinking, Sisyphos. Precursor of Dill.
seismic-2 Premium Member over 9 years ago
This “origin of Glebe Road” strip has always been my favorite. It was the first street we got onto, and couldn’t figure out where we were going, back in the mid-1960s. Ever since then, it’s seemed that you wind up back on Glebe no matter which direction you head. A map of Glebe Road would serve as a pattern for an Escher print.
puddlesplatt over 9 years ago
I was lost on that road for 22 and a half years, and then I left home