RICK HALL

I can see it in my mind…

Rick: Hello officer…I need to file a police report.
Officer: Well, what seems to be the problem, sir?
Rick: One of my pesky neighbors stole my garbage can lid!
Officer: (spits out his coffee…) One of your neighbors did what???

Ok, I think you get the point…

You see, one of my neighbors has the same exact garbage can that I do. The can isn’t anything special…but obviously my neighbor thought the lid was rather impressive!

Here’s how it went down…a few weeks ago, I placed my garbage can outside, lid and all. The next morning after the garbage man came, I went outside to retrieve my can. The lid was missing! I instantly thought to my self, “oh, it must have blown away.”

But no! I look to my left and I saw the lid sitting right on top of my neighbors garbage can. How did I know it was mine? The numbers written on it. I deliberately wrote “368″ in big bold letters on the lid. THEIF! That guy stole my garbage can lid!
(ok, well maybe I’m being more dramatic now than I was back then)

I let it slide. I figured I could do without the lid. That was until we experienced the drought of ‘05. The extreme heat has caused my garbage to smell SO bad.

This morning, I came to the conclusion that I really need a garbage can lid. So I found the guys to go down the road to ask for my lid back.

As I got outside and started heading their way, I noticed a bright orange truck in their driveway. THEY’RE MOVING! Drats! I bet that they’re taking MY garbage can lid with them.

As I continued towards them, I could tell that they were pretty occupied with their move. As such, I decided to be the nice on and let them keep my lid.

Hopefully they’ll take good care of it. In the mean time, what does a guy have to do to get a garbage can lid? Do they sell individual garbage can lids at Lowes or Home Depot?

Hmm…i think another neighbor a few doors down has the same can as mine. Maybe I could just take his on garbage day!