This is PH. He thinks anything is possible if you have a rope. I have stories to tell about him and his rope.
Many years ago. Many. When I was young and foolish and believed everything he said, we loaded a full sized couch onto the roof of our sedan and with one rope in hand he threaded it once through the windows and over the couch, tied it in a BOW and told me to hang on. Then he headed for the expressway and drove it 55 miles home at 70 miles an hour. Somehow we made it. But God loves fools and drunks, right?
Another time he took his rope and tied a four foot by four foot sandbox to the top of the car and we drove that home.
There was the time he tied a king size mattress AND box spring to the top of the car with his one rope and drove it to another house. It was a favor for our daughter's friend Kathy. Kathy has never been the same since.
When we watch people truss Christmas trees to the tops of their cars with miles and miles of rope and bungee cords he just laughs as we head for the road with ours tied with one rope in a bow.
This week we went to his brother's cottage up north for a couple of days. It's part of a cluster of three cottages that have been in their family for probably 60 years. There was a table that one of the cousins wanted to be gone and no one would take it. Well. I looked at that table and saw all of the meals that were shared on it out in the yards between the cottages.
In the old days, the early days when all of our kids were little and we'd pack 30 people into those three little places, this table would be dragged out, butted against any other table that could be found and we'd all have dinner together. It was a production, to be sure, but looking back after 40 years I can smile now.
When SIL Joyce said cousin wanted to let this table go I said I'd take it. I had a glass of wine in me so wasn't thinking clearly. I forgot what it would take to load it into (not on top of) the car. Knowing it wouldn't fit, knowing we'd have to drive with the tailgate open all the way, knowing his one rope would be all we had and knowing what was going to be expected of that one little rope. We were 2.5 hours from home at 70 miles an hour.
To him all things are possible if you have a rope. Somehow he always manages and somehow I haven't killed him yet.
Good job DH! It's a great table!
ReplyDeleteThat is a really fun table and a great story. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeletefabulous story Denice! Good job PH, love the smile at the end of the journey...a real told you we would make it!
ReplyDeleteGreat story, lovely memories, amazing you can tie things to your car, in Australia, you would probably be pulled over and fined!!
ReplyDeleteIm with Jude yes we would be stopped by Police and fined if we carried something like that.........
ReplyDeleteall the funny memories from a length of rope.......
THis was a super cute read about the story of a table and a rope, oh, and a husband. I loved it!
ReplyDeleteHe is very clever with his rope is all I can say. I thought it was only Christmas trees tied on top of cars . LOL..
ReplyDeleteThat is such a good story Denise. I can somewhat relate, as Mick ties all sorts of things to vehicles. By the way, I definitely reckon the table is wort saving. It looks great and what a history it has.
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