Beni: Im told that our preschool is an architecturally significant comer body shop. Alice: What's a body shop? Beni: Its a processing center for zombies. Dill: Is that why were here?
“Zombie Custom Body and Paint”Now there is a catchy name. In the competitive industry, that will insure customers will be rushing to its door. “Do they paint bodies or customize zombies?” On the other hand, some of the body shops I frequented when I was still working appeared to employ zombies.
Architecturally significant is usually in the eye of the beholder.There was a body shop about that size in Merrifield, Va. which resembled an old world Hansel and Gretel style cottage, decorated with all manner of gingerbread and kitch: wooden canes, whirlygigs, gargoyles, brass donkeys. Of course, there was a big “oven” inside so they could “bake” cars, but mostly you saw guys working outside of it. Progress came. First, a shopping center was built around it, then Metro arrived and land values soared. Finally, the building was demolished for a new highway overpass.
You need to meet old body shop workers. Filing lead body work and paint and being continuously immersed in paint fumes is the background life story of most zombies.
I have always wondered how this little building on a big plot of land came to be, and how Miss Bliss could afford it. Toxic fumes lowered the price, no doubt.
susanwobb almost 11 years ago
That building doesn’t look big enough to be a body shop. (Zombies need a lot of space.)
oranaiche almost 11 years ago
You will be upgraded.
DamnHappyChappy almost 11 years ago
Dill got it right once again. That is definitely what schools are for.
King_Shark almost 11 years ago
Yes Dill. Zombies like pickles.
Sisyphos almost 11 years ago
Beni is the author of this bit of kid’s mythology. Dill’s finishing comment is hilariously self-aware.
sacqueboutier almost 11 years ago
Ha! The Signature Theatre down in Shirlington used to be in an old converted body shop.
gijoe76 almost 11 years ago
… out of the mouths of babes.
ellisaana Premium Member almost 11 years ago
“Zombie Custom Body and Paint”Now there is a catchy name. In the competitive industry, that will insure customers will be rushing to its door. “Do they paint bodies or customize zombies?” On the other hand, some of the body shops I frequented when I was still working appeared to employ zombies.
ellisaana Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Architecturally significant is usually in the eye of the beholder.There was a body shop about that size in Merrifield, Va. which resembled an old world Hansel and Gretel style cottage, decorated with all manner of gingerbread and kitch: wooden canes, whirlygigs, gargoyles, brass donkeys. Of course, there was a big “oven” inside so they could “bake” cars, but mostly you saw guys working outside of it. Progress came. First, a shopping center was built around it, then Metro arrived and land values soared. Finally, the building was demolished for a new highway overpass.
PoodleGroomer almost 11 years ago
You need to meet old body shop workers. Filing lead body work and paint and being continuously immersed in paint fumes is the background life story of most zombies.
lmonteros almost 11 years ago
I have always wondered how this little building on a big plot of land came to be, and how Miss Bliss could afford it. Toxic fumes lowered the price, no doubt.