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Thursday, June 29, 2006

The trash cans

Dedicated to Lights in the Wake with apologies to Shandi.

I've always had an obsession with trash cans. I love them. I take photos of trash cans when I travel. I dream about trash cans. I have even painted trash cans.

I love to open trash cans, both literally and symbolically.


By paying attention to the design and structure of a trash can, you can tell much about the person that puts trash in it.



Trash cans represent courage to me. Every one of my adventures started with throwing something in a trashcan.


It takes even more courage to close a trash can...permanently.



he drives a Trash-Can
he drives a Trash-Can
he drives a Trash-Can
he's comin' to my town
he drives a Trash-Can
he's comin' to my town
he drives a Trash-Can
he's comin' to my town
he drives a Trash-Can
he's comin' to my town
he drives a Trash-Can
--The Birthday Party,
Big Jesus Trash Can

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Every one of your adventures started with throwing something in a trash can? I thought that's how adventures ended. Care to supply an example or two?

Naughti Biscotti said...

This is the most fun I have had in a long tim, Time.

I recently bought a symbolic metaphor blender. I love it! It comes with pun attachments.

Time said...

Kristy,

You comment on this, a parody and you have nothing to say about flatulence? I am sorely disappointed. Regardless, one must toss out the old to make way for the new. That is the symbolic meaning of beginning a new adventure by throwing something into a trash can. Perhaps you need to trade the Maytag Simile machine for a symbolic metaphor blender.

Shandi,

Thanks for the inspiration! But be careful with those symbolic metaphor blenders. Sometimes metaphors are better just shaken, not stirred.

Time said...

Lights, I hope she is flattered. I was afraid she'd just be pissed and then I'd blame it all on you and the squirrel. But you were on a roll with that toilet post.

Time said...

Cherish, it was a play off a post Shandi and then Lights did.