Several
years ago a friend and I drove from Georgia to Canada and had quite the adventure.
On the way home, we were both delirious from lack of sleep and from the long
drive and we became quite silly (OK, I know you’ve been super silly too when
you were tired).
We saw a
woman walking down the road in front of a row of stores carrying a bucket.
Hmmm, we began to wonder. Why is she carrying that bucket? Maybe she is going to get water --- nah, this
is America. Maybe she is going somewhere to collect berries. Hey she could use
it as a rain hat. On and on we began to
brainstorm the thousands of ways you could use a bucket. As we began to exhaust
our list we decided that a bucket would be the perfect Christmas gift for us to
give to our friends.
We decided
to randomly call some of our friends to take a poll to see how many of them
would appreciate it if we gave them a bucket. The conversations went something
like this:
Me: “What would
you think if someone gave you a bucket as a gift?”
Friend: “It would be a drop in the bucket
compared to other gifts.”
Me: “If I gave
you a bucket, what would you do with it?”
Friend: “What?”
Me: “You know,
if I gave you a bucket you could carry a tune in it. Wouldn’t that be a great
gift?”
Me: “Hey, what
would you think if I gave you a bucket for Christmas?”
Friend: “A bucket…I guess it would be ok as
long as you don’t kick it.”
Ok, I know
it’s corny but we were sleep-deprived and we got a lot of laughs out of all the
bucket talk.
What are
some fun ways you could you use a bucket? I've included a few pictures below to inspire you.
To play fetch with the dog
As a lampshade
To complete important missions
(My next
blog post will be about your bucket list)
Labels: Fun Stuff
