Thoreau was not all that solitary at Walden. He made regular trips into Concord. His house was only two miles away. His mother and sister brought him a basket of baked goodies, including doughnuts, every weekend. He was a regular for dinner at his buddy Ralph Waldo Emerson’s place. As the historian Richard Zacks put it “Let it be known that Nature Boy went home on weekends to raid the family cookie jar.” The rich kid spent a couple years glamping.
For a while when I was a kid, we had a school superintendent who wouldn’t close school for anything short of nuclear winter, and for one storm the weather guy got tired of reading the whole list and said… “everything’s closed, except for [my school] of course.” I laughed, and cried.
Leojim over 3 years ago
Now that is a rude awakening.
GROG Premium Member over 3 years ago
Eno’s boss made sure of that.
alikgator over 3 years ago
Muahahah!
Ratkin Premium Member over 3 years ago
Snow go, Eno.
sirbadger over 3 years ago
I imagine that many essential workers have felt that way for the past year. All businesses are shut down except for the one you work at.
jr1234 over 3 years ago
saw this in today’s ZITS’ comments..
Thoreau was not all that solitary at Walden. He made regular trips into Concord. His house was only two miles away. His mother and sister brought him a basket of baked goodies, including doughnuts, every weekend. He was a regular for dinner at his buddy Ralph Waldo Emerson’s place. As the historian Richard Zacks put it “Let it be known that Nature Boy went home on weekends to raid the family cookie jar.” The rich kid spent a couple years glamping.
Doug Taylor Premium Member over 3 years ago
Now that’s AccuWeather!
walstib Premium Member over 3 years ago
We got snowed in once at Motorola WHQ. Slept that night in our cubes and offices. Really tough on the alcoholics around 6PM.
Knightman Premium Member over 3 years ago
Gotta be a MONDAY, Eno!!!
KEA over 3 years ago
For a while when I was a kid, we had a school superintendent who wouldn’t close school for anything short of nuclear winter, and for one storm the weather guy got tired of reading the whole list and said… “everything’s closed, except for [my school] of course.” I laughed, and cried.
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member over 3 years ago
Being an essential worker has its perks. Going to work is great. Getting to work is a pain.
LFate over 3 years ago
That’s when you know the universe is against you.
daleandkristen over 3 years ago
He has a job?
daleandkristen over 3 years ago
Stay home, be useful, Eno, and wash those sheets.
cuzinron47 over 3 years ago
Bummer!
Impkins Premium Member over 3 years ago
What a face! :)
the lost wizard over 3 years ago
Next up is Frank Sinatra singing That’s Life.
6th Billiard Ball Student over 3 years ago
I no longer believe in this duplex theory unless it fits the definition of a ‘Polish Flat’.