As I was hanging out with Marty, I was reminded of the Mailman. Not they are all that similar.
Anyway, I was reminded of how obedient Mailman was when I gave him an order. I guess it was all the military training. He claimed he was a Lance Corporal in the US Marines.
Mailman liked to hang out at these peoples homes when they would have us over for dinner. I liked to feel I was doing something better with my time, so I organized all these plans. Well, I tried to keep busy.
One particular day, I wasn't feeling well and all the plans fell through. I didn't want to hang out so I ordered Mailman to drive somewhere that was a short ways away... He did so without question. After about 5 minutes he started to question the order. I thought it was funny it took that long.
I think I irritated him because he told me later that he had to restrain from punching me. Wow, pretty violent?
Yeah, he was violent. Always punching walls... One rainy day, I watched him as he was looking out the tiny window on the door. Without warning, he snapped his head back and cracked the glass with his forehead.
Posted by Michael at July 19, 2005 09:25 AM