A man I knew once said that “I’m the cock and the walk, baby”. Then man grew up to be Christopher Walken. He also said a lot of other things but some of them I couldn’t understand because he kind of mumbled and slurred his words a bit. This trait made him even more endearing. Let me tell you about the time Christopher Walken saved my life.
My toilet stopped flushing. Sorry. That is a lie. My toilet continues to attempt to flush every time I command it to do so but it’s efforts are thwarted by some sort of plumbing malfunction. That’s better. Just want to make sure we are on the same page. Try as it might, the toilet will fill with water but not able to release the fecal/piss discharge into the pipes of my house. The water ends up on my bathroom floor. The turds sometimes do as well. I did the only reasonable thing to do at the moment and I kick the toilet. Nothing dislodges in the pipes though my toilet dislodges from my floor slightly. Now a constant flow of water seeps onto my floor and onto my slippers. Drat! I do the next reasonable thing and call a plumber. He arrives later that day and analyzes the situation. I tell him what happened and he gets to work. I retire to the drawing room to go over some documents concerning some of my recent acquisitions and I hear a shout. The plumber found the cause of the clog and was holding it against his squishy chest. “How dare you sir! How dare you flush a squirrel down the toilet. I’ll have you know that I am the president of the local chapter of PETA and I will not stand for such behavior. Prepare to defend yourself.” A few things went through my head at that moment. 1) A squirrel in my toilet? What the fuck. 2) Does this guy really think I would flush a squirrel down the toilet? I have seen a dead squirrel used from a lot more useful things besides flushing. 3) Prepare to def… I was interrupted by a slap in the face from a latex glove. Apparently plumbers wear them now out of concern for hygiene. How nice. The plumber brandishes some tools and attacks me. Violently attacks me with wrenches and other tools of his trade. I arm myself with the nearest weapon I have access to; the plunger. Of course it doesn’t take long for the plumber to get through my defenses and brain me with his wrench. I go down hard. All woozy and shit I can feel myself being dragged in some direction and can hear some muttering to the tune of “I’ll flush you down the crapper. Then you’ll see. Bees. Zizzle zuz buzz flush.” I am pretty sure the last part was a result of the blow to my head and face. I am unable to mobilize myself to appropriately prevent my flushing but I am able to grab the cell phone out of my pocket. I hit the contacts button and then send without even looking. Not sure who I will get but I hope somebody answers. I hear a greeting and blurt out. “Help me! My plumber has attacked me and I am afraid I will be dead soon. Please grant me some assistance before I…..” The plumber smacks the phone out of my hand and I am drug down the hall. A moment later I hear my front door splinter and someone running up the stairs. I will not ever forget the next words I hear. ” I think you may need to call a plastic surgeon because I am about to remove your fucking face.” Thank the heavens it was CW (Christopher Walken from such films as The Rundown and Blast from the Past). I wonder for a moment while CW frees me from the clutches of my aggressor how I managed to phone him of all people. I see CW bent over the plumber and I hear a lot of grunting. I think to myself “Of course. He’s the first contact on my list”. See, people I know whose name’s start with A get a “Sexy like an otter” attached so they appear further down my alphabetical contact list. People with a B at the beginning of their name get “Fucking douche bag” preceding their actual name. And then there’s Christopher Walken. By the time I am through processing the circumstances that led to my release, CW has finished his work and cleaned the blood and matter from his fine looking track suit and offers me a hand up. CW apologizes about the mess and assures me he’ll have some people come over and take care of everything. He adds a wink to keep me at ease. I thank Chris and he glides away to his home next door. As he is drifting he shouts “I know a plumber that can fix anything. I’ll have him stop over after the mess is cleaned up. Oh, I may be to blame for the problems you are having with your plumbing. I felt a bit sick at the party you invited me over for awhile back. I entered your very accommodating bathroom and vomitted a squirrel into your toilet. It’s a new diet I am one. Some sort of new age macro shit. I’ll take care of the bill.”
Oh that Christopher Walken. He can be such a card.