Let's get ready to rumble
Friday, February 04, 2011
10:41 AM
In our country if you ask pretty much anyone that you know they will tell you that they have at least one messed up neighbor. As for myself those neighbors would be the Coursins. The coursins live 3 houses down from mine and they have 4 lovely kids. There is Andrew the wild one, Eric the other wild one, Evan the even wilder one and Emma the insane one.
Every single school day Emma and the rest of the Coursin clan come stumbling down to the bus stop roaring full speed ahead waiting to have the rest of the small children at the bus stop feel the wrath of their furry. The coursins rang from kindergarten to 6th grade and because they are on the early bus I can only watch their fights on days that I am home sick in which I do video record their ordeals via iphone and color commentary by yours truly.
Recently just a few weeks ago I had a doctors appointment in the morning that allowed me to tape the most recent footage of the Courins conundrums. Just as I had expected at about 7:55 pm. central time the Coursins begin to excite the house. As the children got about half way down the street Eric realizes that he had forgotten his backpack at home again for the second time out of the two times I have taped the bus stops. As he returned with his backpack the coursins and him had realized that Selina another neighbor was playing nicely in the snow drawing a picture in the snow with a piece of ice. I don't know what the Coursins were thinking but it was probably something along the lines of we should change that. All of the sudden the little Coursins begin throwing snowballs at Selina so they can get the ice stick. Selina then gives in and gives Evan the ice and he slams Eric in the stomach with the stick so hard the ice shattered into pieces like an atomic explosion. I look over and Eric is on the street crying in pain. Now at this point I am still taping this through the window of my house and I am wondering if I should maybe go down and help but before I do anything I notice that Emma is running down the street and is probably going to help him. Oh contrar, instead of helping him get up I see before my very eyes Emma roar back and kick him in the stomach where he had just been hit with the stick. I'm thinking woman are you crazy or something. Eric in pure defense gets up to avoid yet another kick and once he started walking around he was fine but the fact of me just watching this and even getting it all on tape just amazed me.
Everyone at some point has to spend time with a person that they dislike but the next time you may be disappointed about who you have to be around you can at least be lucky you are not going to be with the coursins. This essay is brought to you by The Coursin Conundrum iphone series with you producer, cameraman, announcer and editor Mr. Danny Ketterman. We thank you for listening and for more excitement contact Danny for the tapes of the Coursin bus stops.