2008-10-21

2008-10-21 02:49 pm

Convert VHS to DVD: Urban Fantasy

Biking home today, I looked up through the golden-yellow maple leaf trees and saw, nailed at least twenty feet up off the ground, a "Convert VHS to DVD" advertising sign. Small, white paint on a black background, and not too noticeable for those ground level. Then I realized that I've seen these signs around, here and there, always posted really high up on telephone poles. So I picture a very, very tall thin man, hunched over in a raincoat, walking along with his knees bent up to his chest to make him look like a very fat man with a strangely large head. Until he reaches a telephone pole. And then he opens up like a telescope expanding--reaching high to attach his ad--

Inspiration: True story.
Story Potential: High?
Notes: Not a main plot thread, but would work nicely with another urban fantasy storyline.