Asstro

Last Tuesday, Pookie and Cray-Z invited me over to their house for dinner. I wasn't hungry, so I watched them eat while I thumbed through one of their magazines. They announced they wanted to have a party this Saturday (yesterday) and I asked what the occasion was. They said "spring" and then I said why not have a theme? Theme parties are always good. Like last year's deck party (they'd just gotten a new deck and I mentioned having a BYOP - Bring Your Own Plant - party. Huge Success for their garden!). We threw out international night (Cray-Z has a Mexican poncho and a kaftan-thing he got in Morocco). He said I could wear the poncho and then I said something about dressing up our friend's huge standard poodle, King, as a donkey. Somehow mentioning the donkey turned into a donkey theme...and...well.... it turned into Donkey Party 2009!

I was tasked with putting up a CraigsList ad. I posted two - one in the "Services Wanted" section and the "Outdoor/Garden" section. Both basically said we needed to rent a donkey for use in Midtown Atlanta on Saturday, April 4 and that we were willing to pay $50 and there would be free food and drink for the owner. Sounded reasonable especially since we'd perused CraigsList looking for donkeys before we posted ads of our own. You'd be amazed how many people in the general vicinity have donkeys they are willing to sell. Prices ranged from $25 to just under $400. To be fair, it was a mean donkey that was on sale for $25. Anyway, I placed the ad hoping for responses. 

I got some the next morning. Most everyone asked me what the donkey was for. I kinda thought that was funny, but I guess the idea of renting a donkey just to have it hang out at a party is kinda strange. That really was all we wanted. Just for one to hang out. So I told everyone that wrote me - five people in all - that we wanted a donkey just for laughs. I got no responses. 

So yesterday at 5:00pm, when the party started, there was no donkey. I certainly wasn't expecting a donkey. Pookie had a plan of her own. Apparently, while I was out trying to get T-shirt transfers (Donkey Party 2009 t-shirts, who doesn't need one?), some woman came to their house and asked if they still needed a donkey. Pookie had contacted her during the week but I guess she'd never returned the call. The lady had been at a 2 year old's party in the Highlands earlier in the day with her small farm animals, since we were down the street, she stopped by.

PERFECT TIMING! 

The donkey was only around for about an hour (maybe more, I had a little too much of the Donkey punch concoction) but we all took pictures and had a grand ole' time. 

This may, I fear, become an annual event. 

NICE!