Monday, November 11, 2024

For You, Brutus, I'll Charge Double

Hurricane Hattie is at Brutus' front door with a rake. "I hear you're raking old Mrs. Twomby's leaves," Brutus says. "I do it just cause I like her!" Hattie exclaims. "I heard she gave you ten dollars." "That's why I like her!"
She's doing labor and therefore should get paid. Your time and energy are worth something. Never undervalue yourself.

Why does she have to be Old Mrs. Twomby? She's probably only 62 or something which is only, like, twelve years older than Brutus. Does her house look haunted? One of my favorite tropes is when all of the houses in the neighborhood are nFormal ranch houses but for some reason there is a 1800s Gothic Revival castle-looking house that has at least three floors and a turret. It's a street of Brady Bunch houses and then BAM! it's the Munsters.