Tuesday, May 5, 2009

I'm not making this up...

My coworker's friend had this happen to her in Regina:

She was babysitting for a family while the parents were away on a trip. Before the parents had left they let her know that their dog was very old and may pass away while she was there. Well, the dog did pass away and the babysitter called the parents asking what to do. They told her the place to take the remains. Now, the babysitter didn't have a car, so she put the dog (a golden retriever) in a suitcase and took the bus. A man helped her onto the bus and commented how heavy the suitcase was. "It's full of computer parts," she said. It so happened that the man who had helped her was getting off at the same stop, and offered to help with the suitcase again. After the bus had driven away, the man punched the babysitter in the face and ran away with the suitcase of "computer parts". Dissapointing day for him.

6 comments:

Dave said...

Funny story, though with a dark side. I hope your co-workers friend is OK after such a trial.

Yuriko, have you read "Three Cups of Tea" yet?

Dallas?

Dr. Kent said...

For real????

Erik Larson said...

Yeah there is a dark side to it.

Yuriko has lent "Three Cups of Tea" to a friend and then we'll read it.

Dallas.

Becky Chamberlain said...

Wow! Thats the BEST idea yet for when Gunnar dies. Only I might need a few suitcases in his case.

tiffany said...

hey! i heard that story a couple of years ago. except when i heard it she put the dog in a garbage bag. and a guy sat next to her and was awkwardly trying to make conversation. she said it was old books. and it was a punch in the stomach instead of the face...
suspicious...
either this very strange thing happened to two different people on different occasions, or we have a bit of an urban legend here...

Erik Larson said...

That would be dissapointing... I'll check into this...