Yep, we are in Redneckia
Darling Spouse is convinced that I have better uses for my time than redoing the barn roof, and is willing to pay for the labor to do it. She may be right. She is certainly undissuadable. Anyway, she was getting a quote yesterday and the fellow asked us if we had any problem with a black man working on my barn.
[jaw drops]
I should, I suppose, be offended that he assumed I might be a racist. But it's just too amazing to be enraging. I mean, what would he have done if I had said "yes"? The irony is that, between the sun and the asphalt, all roofers are black at the end of the day.
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