Thursday, June 12, 2008
The Wren’s Nest Gives Tours and is a Museum
Posted by: Amelia // Category: Good Questions, Mystery and Suspense, Storytelling // 2:04 pm
Here is a 100% (87%) accurate transcript of a telephone conversation I had earlier today.
Amelia: Good morning, The Wren’s Nest.
Caller: I’m calling about tours.
Amelia: Okay, great. How can I help you.
Caller: Are there tours?
(historical reenactment)
Amelia: Yes… we give tours.
Caller: Are you… is there a collection of houses?
Amelia: Nope, we’re just one house.
Caller: Can you visit and get a tour?
Amelia: You sure can.
Caller: (with immediacy) What are you?
Amelia: Um, we’re the Wren’s Nest, which is the home of Joel Chandler Harris, author of the Brer Rabbit and Uncle Remus tales. It’s a house museum.
Caller: (silence)
Amelia: … which means the home has been preserved since 1908, the year of the author’s death.
Caller: (confused) Do you do it yourself… to lead us… are there people to give the tour? There?
Amelia: Yep, we have tour guides. They’re great.
Caller: Okay. Goodbye.
Questions that arose from this conversation:
- Was this man just dialing random numbers?
- Is he president of Tour Enthusiasts International?
- Does he always start conversations that way?
- Does he hate tour guides, yet love the tours themselves?
- No seriously, how did he get this number.
Worst of all? We’ll never, ever know.
And that, my friends, is why I love working here.
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i strive to only make a post if i have something funny to say, but i couldn’t resist posting for the sole purpose of commenting on how adorable/amazing you are! love the picture, it’s perfection. and done.
I love startling awkward phone conversations! We don’t get enough of them at the LFC- le sigh.
Also, I completely agree with Chauncey! Somebody belongs on a certain fashion blog in the near future.
Me! Right, Lauren?
This should be your new Facebook picture. I understand there was some undue criticism of the current one.
JWAIII, I may just heed your advice, though seriously: who criticizes a facebook picture.
(Ahem. You know who you are.)
And thanks Chauncey and Lauren! Incredulous is clearly my look.