Shenanigan

Shortly before Mom and Dad decided to convert the garage into a rumpus room; it was a plain old place to park the car. However, neither parent ever bothered to bring the car inside.

Instead it was simply a place for Adam and me to play, Dad to do whatever household repairs he was given by Mom, and for Mom to work on her crafts and such. It was also the starting place for at least one strange community-wide shenanigan.

One evening I recall standing around the garage watching Dad and “Uncle Ron” Benedict spray painting a piece of cardboard. I wasn’t old enough at the time to understand that they were making some sort of statement at the time.

I remember them laughing mischievously as they planned to put it up during the early morning hours of the next day.

To this day, I still don’t know what they pair were referencing at the time. But what I do know is that the sign they created, ended up posted somewhere very visible and it caused enough of a stir that a picture of was published in the Del Norte Triplicate.

The black spray paint outline was eventually covered by carpet as the rumpus room took shape. And that same outline was there when the carpet was pulled up during my parent’s divorce in 1980.

I still don’t get it and maybe I never will.