Happy Birthday Darin!
Neighbor Darin is bumping his age by one so we’re doing a party for him tonight. He already had a birthday lunch with his staff on Friday last week so of course we had to poke some fun at him a bit. A bunch of us got together, bought, decorated and installed a grand present that you see pictured on the right. I had the easiest part, basically writing a check and helping with the install. One of the women Darin works with did the hard part of obtaining and decorating with proper colors and decals (Thanks!). Neighbor Matt acted as the brains behind the install, having me as a laborer when necessary.
If you haven’t figured out from the thumbnail on the right what Darin’s present is, it is a urinal, decked out in GB Packer colors with a Mn Viking as your target. Both Darin and I are big Green Bay fans so I have a high level of appreciation for the detail.
Installing a urinal in someone’s backyard might seem a bit gross at first, if not at least tacky. In this case it was welcomed with open arms (and dropped trousers?). Darin’s backyard is nicely suited for entertaining so we often gather for dinner, evening drinks and cigar smoking. On summer nights we’ll hang out until the wee hours of the morning sharing “war stories” from work, life in general. With the built-in BBQ, keg-o-rater, fire pit and spacious patio, it can be difficult to leave at night. So from time to time, with everyone talking around the fire, someone might go to the corner of the backyard and “relieve” himeself. I’m not advocating this practice but it does happen — I’m not naming names here but you know who you are!
At installation time we had not yet asked permission from the woman of the house so we put measures in place so we could remove it with the only negative effect being four screw holes in the fence posts. But after seeing it, we’ve got the go-ahead to complete the installation with running water, drainage, etc. Truth be told, Darin had to do some direct work to complete his own gift. Bogus, I know. Who knows how long it will last but for now, we can begin a new source of story telling and a fresh path to neighborhood memories.
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