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[Stiggers] I Have a Scheme


by Ken Stiggers
November 4, 2009

Miss Doodle Mae: "It was one of those dreary and rainy evenings. The staff and I had just finished our store-closing duties. Jojo suggested that we wait until the heavy rain lighten up before going home. We agreed with the suggestion and headed to the combination break room/broom closet to watch something on our new flat-screen television. We settled on the Ghetto Science and History Channel broadcasting a Martin Luther King television special. The video and sounds of the Drum Major for Justice mesmerized us.

"We shouted 'Amen' when Dr. King said: 'The nation is sick. Trouble is in the land. Confusion all around. That's a strange statement. But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough, can you see the stars.'

"Then we cheered after he said: 'If something isn't done, and in a hurry, to bring the colored peoples of the world out of their long years of poverty, their long years of hurt and neglect, the whole world is doomed.'

"And we identified with this statement: "Now, I'm just happy that God has allowed me to live in this period, to see what is unfolding.'

"Jojo got happy and shouted 'Hallelujah' three times!

"The heavy rain ended, and the evening moonlight beamed through the Jojo's Discount Store window. And we saw the stars!

"That special moment inspired Jojo's Discount Dollar Store to have the 'Only When It's Dark Enough Can You See the Stars Post-Halloween and Pre-Thanksgiving Holiday Sale.'"

 
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Mr. Stiggers, sometimes you feel like a nut sometimes you don't. You grabbed my attention last week and this week too! Keep it up, I feel like a nut.
Thanks to you I will go to sleep tonight having read the funniest thing I have all week. If you don't mind my saying "you a nut!"
Eddie Seaton, Virginia Beach
http://ppl.blastoffnetwork.com/eandrseaton

posted by EDDIESEATON on 11/04/09 at 11:00 PM

Thank you very much for reading my work, Eddie Seaton. And I don't mind being called a nut. LOL. In these times you have to laugh to keep from crying, weeping and wailing. Thanks for your response, as well.

posted by Stiggers on 11/12/09 at 04:10 PM

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