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Just look at the dignity here in this humble creation he has made! > [...] she interrupted me mid-sentence and hollered in exaltation to her husband: ” THE VID
by gottebp 7y ago
Just look at the dignity here in this humble creation he has made!
> [...] she interrupted me mid-sentence and hollered in exaltation to her husband: ” THE VIDALIA MAN! THE VIDALIA MAN! PICK UP THE PHONE!”
The happiness I feel reading that is so sublime. His work is needed and appreciated -- and what a humble trade with a beautiful simplicity to it. It is repeatable; others could do this too! Imagine what our communities would be like if most families had a little something like this. It reminds me of G.K. Chesterton's "Three Acres and a Cow" [1] slogan (implying that can be enough).
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributism#Economic_theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributism#Economic_theory
- mathewsanders 7y agoI hope I wasn’t the only person here who thought of the egg man scene in Pink Flamingos when they read this :)
- beat 7y agoYou weren't.
- simonebrunozzi 7y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elzEOs2pY38 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elzEOs2pY38