The Wren’s Nest Gives Tours and is a Museum

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:

1. Was this man just dialing random numbers?
2. Is he president of Tour Enthusiasts International?
3. Does he always start conversations that way?
4. Does he hate tour guides, yet love the tours themselves?
5. 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.