Eggasperated Neighbors

The neighbors to the back of our house and to the side of our house have both been egged over the last few days. Our house sits in the middle somewhat and we have been spared. But the neighbor behind us, Shelly, her house has been egged repeatedly. No sooner does she attempt to clean up the first mess and take a shower, she gets egged again while in the shower. Needless to say, she is not a happy camper and has resorted to going door to door to ask what kind of eggs people have in the refrigerator. Apparently, the egger uses predominately brown eggs. They must come from money, because those eggs are expensive nowadays.

I found out from my daughter yesterday that she came to our house while PC and I were not home and asked us what kind of eggs I have. I have to admit that I was a bit offended. But my daughter immediately told her that "my mom doesn't buy brown eggs, they're too expensive and my mom's cheap". Then Shelly asks them if there has been any talk at the bus stop or on the buses about kids thrown eggs. My daughter says no and then my son chimes in "Come to think of it, there's this oriental kid that rides my bus that never talks and never looks you in the eye. And there's this Mexican kid that rides my bus that looks pretty guilty." My son always seems to have a conspiracy theory going on. Shelly just laughed and continued on her quest for the allusive brown egg.

I was relieved that my step son was not home at the time because being the smart ass that he is, would have answered "we had some earlier in the week but they're gone now" with a big smile on his face.

So last night we were all gathered across the street for one of the neighbor kid's birthday party and Shelly walks up and I had to ask her why she questioned us about the eggs. She explained that she went to every one's house and asked them all and came up empty. Then she proceeds to tell us that she has been camping out downstairs in the dark at night, dressed all in black, armed with a video camera trying to catch the perpetrator. And she was being serious. She has it all worked out. She tells us that she is going to catch the little monster on video, chase him down (because she can run pretty fast) and tackle him and call the police. It sounded like a plan to me.

Then I got to thinking. If I knew her better, I would surely pull a prank on her. But we are not tight like that and I think she would probably kick my ass first and ask questions later.