I've been pushing a heavy cube...

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Posted by billybofh on Sat 15 Oct 05, 3:38 PM

... along the street.

It proved much more difficult than I'd anticipated due to the mysterious lack of wheels. You'd think wheels would come as standard with a heavy cube these days, but apparently not.

I'd purchased it as a gift for one of my friends who I bought a very heavy sphere for last year. It's still sitting where I left it in her front garden, so I'm assuming she liked it.

And when I say "friend" I should perhaps be more clear and say "someone who looked quite friendly and stays not too far away".

In any case - this cube was much harder to shift than the sphere. The sphere would roll quite nicely once you got it going - though it has sunk a good bit into "my friend's" lawn. I considered sanding down all of the corners of the cube, but then it'd be a sphere and would lose the contempary chic that a heavy cube can bring to a suburban garden.

After a bit of shifting I think the base had become smoothed down a little and began to slide along quite the thing. When we got to the hill above the orphanage I began to realise that I should really have figured out a way of making it stop sliding too.

I won't dwell on what happened over the next hour or so, but I had to give the cube a good wash down before I carried on my way. I wonder if children who are a tad crushed are more difficult to place with foster families? Anyway....

I carried on my way and eventually managed to push the cube into my friends garden. Luckily she was out and couldn't argue with me like she had done over the sphere. I know she was just overcome by the gift, but I didn't feel the need for the police to get involved. Besides, the cube is 15-feet high and is now blocking out most of the light from the front of her house, so she'd probably be even more overcome.

I've got some binoculars so Ican watch her reaction when she comes back tonight.

I wonder if she'd like me to move in?


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