Yesterday I was at the library and a not-so reliable source came in (he was 12 and spends his time in the library sticking his hand up the vending machine trying to get free candy) and told me that Grand Lake (a town about 10 miles from here) was evacuated because of a moose attack and that the Flight for Life Helicopter had landed.
Like I said, he's not a reliable source of information, but we did have a moose attack a couple of years ago in Grand Lake which killed an elderly man. (Later it was discovered that the moose had been hit by a car and was in pain. A grouchy moose is something you should avoid).
So Julie, who was working, called Edie, at the Grand Lake Library. Here's how the conversation went.
"Edie, this is Julie. Someone here says Grand Lake has been evacuated because of a moose attack."
Silence
I whisper to Julie, "ask her to walk outside."
Julie's laughing by this time and says, "Walk outside," not expecting Edie to, but she does. Julie waits. Now she's really laughing and this kid is eating Starbursts, unperturbed, and probably stolen.
More silence on Julie's end.
Then she hangs up and says "Edie looked outside and there was no one in town and there was a helicopter in the park and then she says, 'how come no one ever tells me anything?'"
"Told you," the kid said.
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