I’m going to kill two birds with one stone. Joe’s Birthday was April 10th and Dennis’ FIFTYTH birthday was May 26th. This entry is dedicated to my OLDER brothers, Dennis and Joe.
(Anna, your Birthday posting is coming!)
The details are now in dispute. We're not sure who hit whom in the head with a shovel. But there was a shovel and some one did get hit with it. The picture, above, is the scene of the crime. I’m hoping, by posing it, some deep-seated memory will be jarred loose and we will finally get to the truth of the matter.
I invite Dennis and Joe to enter their testimony in the comments section of this blog. And I invite the rest of you to be the jury.
You shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free.
John Rotten
1 comment:
I do not agree that the pic is the seen of the crime. That is only based on the failing memory of the crimanel. I did crack Dennis' scalp open with a garden trowel (not a shovel!) My best guess is that I was about 4 which would make him 3. It was a horrific experience. But...he had it coming.
If you follow the circular driveway around to just were it rejoins with Oak Street...there was a favorite play spot under a small tree (at the time) that Dennis and I liked to hang out. (It is the same tree that Dennis fell out of and bit is tounge in half requiring a visit to hospital...I had very little to do with that...but that is the subject of an other aqusation). Anyway...I was inocentyl playing with the garden trowel...minding my onw business diging dirt under the tree ...when Dennis decided he needed it and tried to steal it. Of course I had to defend my property. What else could I do!? The blood and gore that insued haunts me to this day. I am sorry. But my contention is that he had it comming.
I have never picked on John until our teenage years. Fortunately I doubt he rembers.
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