I went and rode my scooter for a while today and came upon another new neighborhood of homes “Starting in the $900’s”.
Seems when one reaches the $700’s or so, it becomes a game of how many rooflines one can put on a house. Of course it escalates on up as the “00’s” get added.
I suppose this is because there isn’t much else to measure one’s self esteem by when you reach this level of housing.
I mean three $70,000 cars is enough cars to get bored with.
10,000 Square feet is enough space to forget you are married.
More than four different textures on the facade is getting into the realm of tacky so you can’t get showy there…
Three kids, two in private school, one at Harvard…ho-hum…”more kids dear? NO! get back on your side of the house!”
So what else is there to compete with the Jones’s over?
ROOFLINES!
Pause…On The Golf Course…
“How many rooflines do you have on your house George?”
“Last time I counted Paul, it was eleven.”
“I thought it looked a little sparse over there. I’ve got fourteen rooflines on my house George.”
“Hmmmm…well we’re about to add on a couple of rooms-the kids are coming back-you know. I plan to have sixteen rooflines then Marvin.”
“That’s impressive George! That will make you the neighborhood roofline king I believe.”
“Yeah, well I hate that we have to add those rooms…but the kids are coming back-you know…”
Back to Sketching…
I stopped sketching on this one and it’s really sloppy because:
- I ran out of room.
- I got disgusted with drawing all the dang rooflines!
Trust me, there are about twice this many I didn’t draw because this is only about 2/3’s of the house…on the front!
The back has a bunch more, different rooflines! (I can only assume the one’s on the back count in the competition.)
I’d like to see John Singer Sargent whip this one out in speedy fashion…I bet he’d be cussin’ up a storm at all the dang rooflines just like I was.
I Know What You’re Thinkin’
So Don, How many rooflines do you have on your hoity-toity house?
Three.
Stop it! Stop that laughing!
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