Indiana Man Wins 'Village Idiot' Award
STORY, Ind. (AP) - Mark Carmichael's blunders won him the good-natured award that's been handed out for years in the tiny Brown County town of Story. The winner is whoever gets the most votes from regulars at the Story Inn's saloon.
Carmichael, the inn's maintenance man, won in part for an incident in which he cut through a live wire while using a circular saw to replace the inn's galvanized steel roof. But he also damaged his just-purchased 1998 Dodge truck - the day after he got it - by getting it stuck atop a whiskey barrel planter outside the inn.
His foolishness earned the 27-year-old a $100 bar tab at the Story Still.
Rick Hofstetter, who owns the inn about 40 miles south of Indianapolis, said the competition for this year's award was fierce.
For example, two Story Inn regulars were nominated for knocking themselves unconscious while opening their car doors. Another was nominated for burning down his front porch after not fully extinguishing a cigarette in a full ashtray.
But it was Carmichael who came out on top. The bar's patrons had more than enough evidence to give him the honor - not least of which was the pig roast incident.
"I cooked a couple of hogs out there on some bed springs once," he explained to a dismayed visitor.
Carmichael had cut the carcasses in half with a chain saw, then used a pitchfork to turn the meat as it cooked. He ended up serving up the portions with a hatchet.
"People loved it," he said. "We called it Louisiana style."
Poking head to post that according to Topic!Cindy "If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me" Apr 12, 2004 2:18:32 am PDT , today is Owen's birthday. Happy day, Owen and Cashmere! With lots of wishes for a great year.
(Perkins, I'm not really here, but even when I'm not, I'm thinking about you a lot, what with all the move and the new upcoming job and the "yay you!" and the "oh, new things!" and the "glad she was in LA in time for me to hang with her" and the like.)
Hey Nilly! Long time since I've seen you.
(Hee. I'm not really here either. I am actually asleep so that I can get up early and finish packing. If either of us were here, I'd ask you how things are going and say I hope they are going well.)
(oh well)
(ND, if I were here, which I'm not, but let's pretend for a minute? If I were here, I'd tell you that I put on the Mickey Mouse ears you got me in Disneyland all evening long in Purim, and more than one kid (and more than one adult, for that matters) wanted to take the ears home with them. But I showed them my name of the back, and turned back their greedy plots. But I'm not here, so I can't tell you that)
(And now even my not-real me has to run out from the room to listen to a lecture. If anybody pretends to be me in the next two hours, then, well, it's not even the not-me that is typing now).
(Night!)
ND, if I were here, which I'm not, but let's pretend for a minute? If I were here, I'd tell you that I put on the Mickey Mouse ears you got me in Disneyland all evening long in Purim, and more than one kid (and more than one adult, for that matters) wanted to take the ears home with them. But I showed them my name of the back, and turned back their greedy plots. But I'm not here, so I can't tell you that
Now I've got a really big grin on my face.
If I were here, I'd tell you that I put on the Mickey Mouse ears you got me in Disneyland all evening long in Purim, and more than one kid (and more than one adult, for that matters) wanted to take the ears home with them. But I showed them my name of the back, and turned back their greedy plots
Adorable!
Thanks, Nilly! We're well prepared for O's birthday--the cake. I'll be sure to post a picture of the birthday boy diving into it. The year's gone by too fast.
Awww...I missed Nilly :(
Happy Birthday Owen!
Cashmere, the cake is wonderful! Go you!
