Hazel wanted to contribute a quote to the Chalkboard. She didn’t think it was fair that Fritz got to do one. So I told her to come up with a quote and ten minutes later she handed this one to me.
She picked a doozy…. I asked her what she thought this meant and she told me that it was pretty much self explanatory.
It seems all we do is fix stuff in life. I’ve been jerry rigging stuff for years.
We had a bar down by the Board of Trade called Alcocks. It was Alcocks before it was Alcocks. A guy named Frank bought it from the Alcock family in the 1980’s. Frank never changed the name.
Sometime in the early part of the new millennium some guy named O’Neil bought Alcocks from Frank and do you know what he did? He changed the name to O’Neils. Nobody goes to O’Neils, everybody goes to Alcocks. To this day if we have little reunions or CBOT get togethers we meet at Alcocks.
If it ain’t broke don’t fix it!
Frank never changed the name!
One thing that has never changed is the smell of Alcocks. It’s where the smell of stale beer and toilet mints meet. If you buy a cocktail your change smells like cocaine and the waitresses smell like the same shitty perfume from the 1980’s.
Still…. It wasn’t broken Mr. O’Neil!
That is my “don’t fix something if it ain’t broke” story.
It kept me from talking about the big thing poor Hazel thinks needs to be fixed in her life. Life west of Mannheim.
Next weekend is Memorial Day. School is wrapping up. Spring is almost finished preparing Summer for its arrival. BBQ something on your grill and make love to someone in your bed. Actually there isn’t any moonlight. Go make love in the backyard!
