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Stupid pithy sayings
A long time ago, when forwarding e-mail jokes was new, I got one of those e-mails with all sorts of pithy cute sayings. You know, eagles may soar but rodents don't get sucked into jet engines. That sort of thing.
One of the cute, pithy sayings was "Friends help you move, good friends help you move bodies."
Last night, I decided that it is the better friend that helps you move. The body, generally, will be no more than 250 pounds, you only have to move one thing, and you don't have to move it again later on down the line. Sure, there are legal and trust issues involved with the move of a body, but on the whole, the move of a household is a much bigger pain in the ass. The true friend, I think, helps someone move all of their stuff.
I shared this observation with my brother as we lifted his unnecessarily large and heavy desk from the back of a Suburban. He agreed wholeheartedly, and he agreed even more as he watched me hop around the living room after I dropped the desk on my toe. The impact of three hundred and fifty pounds of midcentury modern furniture can change the color of a pedicure from hot pink to pinkish purple almost instantly. The good news is my foot's being in the way saved the desk from any scratches it would have gotten had it hit the floor head on.
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