Requiem for the couch

An era has come and gone – we got rid of the couch. For those of you who have been to our house, and witnessed the slow death of the beat-gold thing – this is an auspicious moment indeed.

Remember when it was that huge new monstrosity, dominating much of the living room? And then it faded, and pieces start to fall off, foam was exposed and soon half was gone (“disappeared” by my wife when I was on a trip overseas). The remainder got thinner and thinner, and pieces of gold thread could be sighted around town – my son noticed that parts of our couch are in every significant Jewish building in Boston. Oftentimes parts of the couch would be stuck to my clothes or in my hair. And then the foam, and finally the wood were exposed on the second half – and now it is gone as well – unceremoniously sent away with Tuesday’s trash.

The couch was a generous donation from a wealthy relative, but it was too fragile and couldn’t survive. Good bye old friend – we’ll miss you.

The good news is we got a new toilet.

September 26th, 2007 General