Neighborhood news

I live in a leafy older section of Chapel Hill. There is a neighborhood list serve where the residents post complaints about speeders (although I never see any) and the occaissional break-in. Having lived in neighborhoods where there actually was traffic, and all kinds of traffic let me tell you, I find a lot of the traffic whining to be a little bit silly. But tonight something happened that really bothered me, and I just got done filling the whole neighborhood in on it, and I thought I should let you guys know as well. You see, I was going on my usual after-dinner walk around the neighborhood, when I saw a silver Honda approaching me. He was not speeding, at least as far as I could tell, but he was playing some music quite loudly. Blocking his path, I got him to stop and began to explain, calmly but gravely and with a sense of purpose, that he was driving through a quiet neighborhood of gentle and loving families and that his loud music was an affront not only to me personally but to everyone within earshot. Well, I did not get very far into this explanation when the song on his hi fi ended and I heard the quite familiar intense bass intro to "Psycho Killer" by Talking Heads. Now, it has been a very long time since I have heard that one and it is, as you all know, one of the best songs ever. "Hey," I said, "turn that up!" The young man turned it up about half way, then I reached in and cranked it to wide open. The accoustic guitar and drums came in, and I started grooving. I started with the camel walk, then morphed into a sort of rooster strut with some chicken wing action. I was planning my next series of moves, preparing for a pirouette and then to drop to a half split with the opening line "I can't seem to face up to the facts..." when the sonofabitch DROVE OFF! HEY! I yelled after him, "Come back here!" But the idiot was gone. I was too devestated to get his license plate number, but he's got to live around here somewhere. I just wanted to warn you all about this guy because I thought that was VERY rude and he totally killed my buzz.