About a coffin

[featherynscale]

Last night, triadruid and I embarked on a perilous quest: to make it to the hardware store before they closed, and obtain the wood and other supplies necessary to build a pine coffin. Lest my gentle readers think that this is an easy task for ones so mighty as we, I note that on Monday night, we set out with the same goal, and failed miserably, forcing us to drive around for a ridiculous span of time looking for a hardware store open past 10 p.m., or, failing that, a liquor store open past same. We were able to acquire the liquor, but the hardware, not so much.

So we made another attempt. And lo, we did arrive at Lowe's before they shut the doors. We picked up our things, had several enlightening conversations with the staff ("You building a treehouse?" "No, we're building a coffin." "Er... oh."), spent over $100 and prepared to leave. This is when we realized that not only were our several 4x8 sheets of plywood not going to fit in the interior druidmobile, but also they were in fact possibly larger than the druidmobile altogether. So we tied them to the top of the car. There was considerable overhang, for, oh my cousins, the druidmobile is a Ford Aspire, which is only slightly larger than my boot.

The conversation ensued:
featherynscale: "This has got to be illegal"
triadruid: "What? It's not illegal not to own a truck."
featherynscale: "But it probably is illegal to drive down the highway with something larger than your car balanced on top."
triadruid: "Hrm... We'll drive reeeeealllly sloooow."

But we made it home without any loss of wood or police interference, so all is well. We'll start constructing the coffin soon. I am inordinately pleased with all of this.

Comments

[damonite.livejournal.com]

So for those of us not up to current events, will there be a body for this coffin, or is there some other use? If it's the body thing, I know a few people I'd like to volunteer. If it's not the body thing, I think I could explain a few of these volunteers and I think you'd be more inclined to do the body thing. ;)

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

It's a halloween prop thing. And a ritual prop thing. And a general use prop thing. I can think of a lot of things to do with a coffin that don't involve anyone actually being dead.

[damonite.livejournal.com]

Well, I concur you can think of a number of things to do with a coffin that don't necessarily involve corpses, but come on, it's more fun that way! Or maybe that's just the inner necrophiliac trying to get out. Either way, sounds like an adventure, you should take and post pictures whence it is complete for my viewing pleasure. Or others. Or bother, I'm no t picky.