She late
I was walking on the narrow lane to my office and there was a delivery truck up ahead blocking traffic, slowly delivering construction supplies to a house on the corner with a lift. What do you call those lift things on the back of a truck?
After a few minutes, one of the cars stuck behind the truck began to honk. I turned to a guy looking on and said, “that’s not going to help.” And he said, “look who’s in the car.”
Yep. The bride. The church was just around the corner – she’d’ve been better off getting out and walking.
Image by our sinister robot friend, MidJourney. Such a simple illustration took twelve tries. My favorite was the one that looked like a roll of toilet paper exploding in the back of a limousine. I consistently get ten shitty takes and eventually one brilliant one (not that this is brilliant, but at least it follows the brief).
It’s got a ways to go before it takes over the world.
Posted: May 15th, 2025 under personal.
Comments: 3
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Comment from Anonymous
Time: May 15, 2025, 6:33 pm
In years to come, the Bride will be able to laugh about it.
I think the image is very good. Picks up the gloss in her hair, and the layers of tulle in the veil. Petals in the flowers.
A Tommy Lift. JavaMan had one on his pickup. He still kicks himself for selling it.
Comment from Durnedyankee
Time: May 16, 2025, 1:48 am
Impressive, I actually thought you managed to get a real photo of the bride!
Very nice!
Comment from Carl
Time: May 16, 2025, 11:28 am
‘Tail lift’ in the UK; ‘tailgate’ in the USA. Maybe we avoid using the term ‘tailgate’ in the UK because it would be confused with ‘tailgating’ which is something altogether different.
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