I asked him what was so funny. He says, "Did you see that blue toilet somebody placed in front of the radio station?"
"No," I tell him... wondering if I should be worried about Dad at this point...
He then tells me that he had heard one of his friends talking about a local prank where a gaudy blue toilet is placed in front of business establishments in town... he thought it was for shaming the establishment for something that it had done in the community.
I immediately thought of Hawthorne's character, Hester Prynne, and the shameful "Scarlet Letter."
I told dad that we needed to get a picture of it... as my friends would not believe such a tale without the proof. We turned around and headed back to the radio station.
I got out of the car...
click!
click!
BACKGROUND
I called the radio station to find out what this practical joke was all about. Jim told me that it was part of a fundraiser led by the Thayer Methodist Church, but that he wasn't sure of who the beneficiary is.
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