The Six-Dollar Hooplehead
You’re busted flat, but somehow there’s always enough in your pocket to wander into the casino and feed the slot machines. The town wants to build a new pool, and it’ll cost you—brace yourself—six dollars a month.
You flick your five-dollar cigarette, sip your six-dollar beer, and decide that’s just too much. After all, the Three Stooges—Otto, Bell, and Ferris—said they can fix the old pool with a roll of duct tape and a little Tea Party magic. Never mind that the old pool’s been shut down for years.
The Stooges have done their job well, spreading misinformation from one busted trailer to another. Life in the mobile home park is tough, and you’ve been falling for their schemes as long as you can remember. So once again, you’ll do as they say and vote “no,” convinced you’re saving money.
It never occurs to you that voting down progress makes your trailer worth less, or that keeping the town stuck in the Stone Age helps the Tea Party keep its grip on ignorance. But hey, you love their meetings—where the coffee is free and the lies flow faster than beer at the casino.
Will the pool bond pass? Nope. There are way more Hooples than normal people.
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