Wednesday, January 29, 2014

142) Times, They Are A'Changin'

Visited Houston last week and stayed with a friend.  Before heading to the bar, I showered in the upstairs bathroom.  While enjoying the wonderful fragrance of their vanilla jasmine body wash, I heard a strange sound coming from the bedroom next door.  Sounded like an alarm.  I knew I was the only one upstairs and wondered why an alarm would be set.  But the noise continued for several minutes, making me wonder if I had accidentally set an alarm on my phone for some reason.

I finished my shower, exited the bathroom and discovered no sound whatsoever emanating from anything upstairs.  I was confused.  And naked.  So I dressed, put stuff in my hair to give it the messy look I go for these days and left for the bar with my friend, where we heard his wife perform with her country music band.  At the bar I asked my friend if he had any alarms set upstairs, or if his a/c unit had an alert that went off to change filters or something.  He told me he knew nothing of an alarm upstairs, and was as confused as I was.

The next day we sat on his couch, fighting off two rambunctious dogs while trying to enjoy coffee when I heard the strange alarm again.  It went off, radiating clearly throughout the entire house.  I looked curiously over to my friend and said, "Hey, that's the sound I heard!  What is that?"

He said, "That's my telephone ringing..."

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