The answer is FIRETRUCK
I have a city council meeting tonight that I have to attend for work. I’m really dreading it, because, you know, the last thing I want to do until 9 p.m. after a long day at work is attend a small-town city council meeting and hear Area Man complain to Rep. Socialladderclimber about how the streets need fixin’.
I have to attend this meeting every month, and last month I had the pleasure of sitting in front of Mr. New Volunteer Fire Department Chief. When I interviewed Mr. NVFDC at the beginning of the year for a story about how, well, he was the new volunteer fire department chief, he was very rude and acted all exasperated with each question. So you could say I was already not a big fan of his.
Anyway, I sat in front of Chief at the meeting last month, and the next morning, right as the newspaper I work for was breaking a story about how the old fire chief HAD STOLEN MORE THAN $50,000 FROM THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, FOR GOD’S SAKE, New Chief called my editor to complain that I was — get this — doodling during the city council meeting the night before. DOODLING! Instead of taking notes!
Now you could say that I really really don’t like this man. I pretty much think he was feeling threatened by all the negative coverage Volunteer Fire Department was getting and wanted to lash out at someone. But me? For doodling? And besides, what kind of sick freak looks over someone’s shoulder during a city council meeting to see what she’s writing down?
I think tonight I’ll sit in front of him again, and in the biggest letters I can muster I’m going to write: I HATE ALL FIRE CHIEFS. Then I’m going to lean way, way back, just to make sure my notebook is completely visible.
Then, under that I’m going to write: WHAT STARTS WITH ‘F’ AND ENDS IN ‘U-C-K’?