Monday, December 5, 2011

The Typewriter Mystery

So the evil wretched neighbor below us who is, for some ungodly reason, STILL HERE, has turned out to be the owner of the typewriter I've been hearing since soon after we moved in. Yes, a typewriter. That she types on. All the time. But only in short bursts.

I was convinced she didn't even know how to read, so now I'm left to guess what she could possibly be typing. I've come up with some theories:

1. She's writing the next great Brazilian novel, exposing the plight of Brazil's urban poor;
2. She runs a carrier pigeon agency (this would also explain all the pigeons on the building every morning);
3. She's applying to be the national poet laureate and writes genius haikus during moments of inspiration;
4. She's drafting letters to her local congressmen to complain about the sorry state of our neighborhood;
5. She's composing love letters for her abusive common-law husband (ones which apparently seem to draw him back for short periods of time)...

Those are all fine ideas, but I think the following scenario is the most likely:

6. Crazy wench neighbor saw a typewriter at a second-hand store and was fascinated by the sound the buttons made. Now she hacks at the keys periodically in fascination, but then quickly loses interest when she's distracted by yet another Queen song on the radio, or perhaps by talking animals on TV.


Any other possibilities that you guys can think of?

6 comments:

Alex said...

The last one you wrote sounds like it's probably the truth...

BUT WAIT!

I've figured it out! She's contracted as the person who writes the programming for the beloved BELPS! That's right, she writes the programming out on paper and then sends it to the BELP programmer to implement. Sounds crazy, I know, but I'm willing to bet my last bottle of cachaca on it, so it's legit.

Abracos,
Alex

Pernambuco Gypsy said...

Are you sure it's a typewriter? Maybe she hit her head and the sound you're hearing now is it working properly for a few mins everyday.

krieg1945 said...

She's coming up with solutions on how the Brazil Real should replace the Euro. Since banking in Brazil is so efficient.

Nina said...

Complaint letters about letting gringas in the building to the super! :O :o

Only she loses train of thought after 3 minutes and has to keep starting over.

Lindsey said...

AAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

Crazy wench neighbour. I can attest to her! She is crazy and wench-ish!

eyesonbrazil.com said...

She's bat crazy and just replays a tape recording of someone typing

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