Broadway in a World Dominated by Pigs (or How My Horrible Day Turned Out OK

[CapnHook]

Posted: 12/23/09 at 6:50pm

Today, I had one of the worst days of my life. I woke up at 5:40am to catch a 6:15am bus to get to work. On the way to the bus stop, I tripped on some ice and landed in my knee then fell on my forearm. Surprisingly my knee isn't injured too badly, however my forearm is swollen and hurts. A lot. My job requires some lifting of heavy objects so it was a trial.

On top of that, we were very, very, very, very busy. How busy do you ask? Well today is our busiest day of the year. We make 12x more today than the average day. So work was also stressful.

I had plans to surprise my roommate by taking his dog to get groomed and bathed as part of his Christmas present. So I leave work and go to the bus stop to head home. It is 3:30pm. The bus doesn't show on time, so I call the depot. They send a sketchy van to pick me up and drop me off at a different stop. The regular bus can't come to my area due to holiday traffic. This causes me to miss the connecting bus and I am running late. I make the next connection, she stops at a random stop and tells everyone to get off. She then says nevermind and we get back on. She then is stopped by a supervisor several stops down and we get off again and are told to get onto a new bus. To make a long story short, 3 buses later I am home at 6:15pm when I should have been home at 4:15pm.

I arrive home to find no dog. My roommate left a day early for home and took his dog with him. OF COURSE HE DOES. I then see a wrapped box on the coffee table with my name on it. Inside I'm thinking "aww, finally something nice happens to me today!" I open it. It is a piggy bank. A "decorate yourself piggy bank." I get very very angry. WHY DOES MY ROOMMATE THINK I WANT THIS? HOW IS THIS EVEN AN ATTEMPT? THIS ISN'T EVEN A FUNNY GAG GIFT! I open it. He already decorated it.

I broke down in tears. This was one of the nicest gifts ever given to me! The amount of time it took to do this must have been DAYS.

It's a Musical-themed piggy bank. Here are the musicals written on it:

PORKER PAN
PORKY & BESS
THE WEINER SINGER
THE BOAR FROM OZ
42nd SWINE
BYE BYE BACON
POT BELLY ELLIOT
CHITTY CHITTY BACON BITS
DAMN OINKERS!
BRISTLESPRAY
MY POTBELLY LADY
HAMMA MIA! (my personal favorite!)
A YEAR WITH PIG & HOG
DREAMSOWS
BEST LITTLE PORKHOUSE IN TEXAS
HOGWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH
LEGALLY BACON
BARBE Q
HAMLET
SWINEY TODD
TICK...TICK...BOAR
BACON AND THE BEAST
OUR STY
RIBTIME
PASSING SWINE
THE LAST FIVE SQUEALS
THE PIGLET OF THE OPERA
THE BACON'S WIFE
JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMTROUGH
HELLO, PIGGY
JEKYLL & HOG
A TALE OF TWO STYS
CHICHOGO
WEST SIDE SAUSAGE
HOG QUIXOTE
FOREVER PORK
THE SWINE GARDEN
THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BOAR
PIG JOEY
ONCE UPON A HAMHOCK
THE COUNT OF MONTY CRISPO
HOGS & SOWS
HAMALOT
HOOFLOOSE
WIZARD OF OINK
A CHORUS SWINE
FIDDLER ON THE TROUGH
ALTER HOGZ
PIG RIVER
PIGMALIAN
YOU'RE A GOOD PIG, CHARLIE BOAR
PIGLET GET YOUR GUN
SPIDER-PIG
SINGING IN THE BARN
HOW TO SUCEED IN PIGNESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING
BACON GREASE
A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FRYER
LIGHT IN THE PORKAZZA
FARMINGTOWN
IN THE STYEIGHTS

I don't like pigs. I don't collect pigs. But this I will treasure forever.

Merry Christmas, everyone!!

Updated On: 12/23/09 at 06:50 PM

[singingbackup]

Posted: 12/23/09 at 7:04pm

Got to admit, I had no idea where this post was going, but it made me smile and then laugh out loud at some of the clever titles! (Swiney Todd made me giggle!)

What a great ending to a crazy, confusing and confounding day.

Happy Holidays!

[myshikobit]

Posted: 12/23/09 at 7:20pm

awww that's so sweet! happy holidays :)

[TheatreFreak05]

Posted: 12/23/09 at 7:33pm

This story just made my day :)

[Hest882]

Posted: 12/23/09 at 8:01pm

Awwwww. What a thoughtful roommate!

[phantom8019]

Posted: 12/23/09 at 8:09pm

Aw. :)

[MCfan2]

Posted: 12/23/09 at 11:00pm

That is so cool!

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 12/23/09 at 11:04pm

That is adorable! And very creative. lol, Chitty Chitty Bacon Bits.

[harris007]

Posted: 12/23/09 at 11:18pm

i wonder do they make cow banks like that

[PalJoey]

Posted: 12/23/09 at 11:25pm

The I Ching says, "In the midst of the greatest obstructions, friends come."

[gcontini2]

Posted: 12/23/09 at 11:31pm

Some of these are absolutely hilarious;
The Boar from Oz?...
The Last Five Squeals?....
Chichogo!
You have a very creative (and nice) room-mate!

[tazber]

Posted: 12/24/09 at 12:20am

great story capn. That took a lot of time and thought. He is a really good friend.

[Yero my Hero]

Posted: 12/25/09 at 9:00am

I think my favorite is WEST SIDE SAUSAGE. Awesome!

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 12/25/09 at 11:39pm

He really knows you well. Hopefully you'll take the hint and start saving your money!

[allofmylife]

Posted: 12/25/09 at 11:56pm

That roommate's a keeper.

[StarStruckGB]

Posted: 12/26/09 at 1:23am

I wasn't sure where it was going either but then it turned out to be the sweetest little Christmas story.
All the best Capn <3

Tee Hee, Pigmalian/Hamlet...

[clever name]

Posted: 12/26/09 at 11:30am

That's a great story!

[Kaykohl]

Posted: 12/26/09 at 11:40am

You have a pretty cool roommate, I think your gift to your roommate was pretty cool too (if you'd had time to pull it off). Thanks for sharing your story.