Great story and a great idea!!!!
Stick (of gum) tuitiveness.
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There are 8 million stories in the Naked City... this was certainly one of them.
Thanks.
Thanks.
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Be happy if the only thing outside your window, office AC or home fire escape, is only a piece of gum!
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We once had a piece of gum stuck to our (ground floor) office window for nearly three months back in 2002.
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"ABC--already been chewed"? Ha, that's a new one! We can guess that it is opposed to NBC--never been chewed.
Live and learn new things every day! Not particularly helpful things, but new.
BTW Carol, I liked the tale. Persistence pays off---happy ending!
Live and learn new things every day! Not particularly helpful things, but new.
BTW Carol, I liked the tale. Persistence pays off---happy ending!
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Oh I am persistent :-) Thank you!
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Sorry Billy,
ABC gum is an old thing... As a kid, I remember someone asking me if I wanted ABC gum, I eagerly said yes and they tried to give me the gum out of their mouth. Ugh!!!
ABC gum is an old thing... As a kid, I remember someone asking me if I wanted ABC gum, I eagerly said yes and they tried to give me the gum out of their mouth. Ugh!!!
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And why not CBS gum: "chewed by scoundrels."
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Great slice of life told so well. Has the makings of a New York boy-meets-girl story.
Chew on that.
Chew on that.
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Great job here...reminds me of the Seinfeld joke about staying at someone's house for the weekend, taking a shower, and one of THEIR hairs is stuck to the shower wall! '...And you don't even know how it got up so high on the wall in the first place.... '
Figures you're on the Upper West Side; adhesivephobia is rampant up there!
Figures you're on the Upper West Side; adhesivephobia is rampant up there!
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I fear that scaffolding will be there much longer than that ABC wad on the air conditioner. Good luck with all that. And I think to obsess a bit too much. Who knows where that wad ended up.
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Did u tip him for his gross task?
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The window was stuck. That's what caused the problem in the first place. How do you give someone money through an unraiseable window?
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Paypal
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You show the person $ and meet him or her downstairs.
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Maybe it got there same way it got off: Workers on ladders or scaffolding. In my fantasy, maybe it was even the same guy. His mind, blown -- at your astonishing tenacity on your two-year quest for justice.
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Truly, this would make a lovely little film, or a 15-minute musical, maybe the kind of musical they do in those one-act festivals at 59E59 or at EST. I could really picture this one all the way through. Just lovely. And funny.
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A parody snippet so short you’ll hardly notice it.
Tune of “We Both Reached for the Gun”
Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes the guy
Oh yes, the guy reached for
The gum, the gum, the gum, the gum
Oh yes, the guy reached for the gum
For the gum.
(repeat)
Tune of “We Both Reached for the Gun”
Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes the guy
Oh yes, the guy reached for
The gum, the gum, the gum, the gum
Oh yes, the guy reached for the gum
For the gum.
(repeat)
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Singularly hilarious, Freddie! Perfect song choice!
Fabulous story. Thank you.
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