Yesterday, I severed a 20-year connection with my next-door neighbor, an 85-year-old man who has always been a considerate man, with a wife who, as far as I can tell, is practically a saint.
I was mowing the lawn, and he pulled into my drive, to both my amusement and dismay; he has always been friendly, but the guy can talk nonstop. I shut down the engine and walked over to greet him.
He greeted me in return, and then, out of the blue, referring to a new neighbor who moved in about a month ago, he said, “I see that you got some darkies living next door!”
I said, “Her name is Lakeesha. Get off of my lawn, and don’t come back.”
Is this shit ever going to end?