The Great Escape

I’m never too busy to daydream.

Let’s say you’re over your friends place. Let us also conjecture that your friend lives on the 20th floor of a high-rise apartment building. Furthermore, let us imagine that your friend is boring you to tears by showing you a slideshow of a recent trip to a public library in Tanzania. In such circumstances it is perfectly understandable that in order to prevent you from committing suicide by gnawing off your own lips and bleeding to death with a bloody grin on your face you might look out of the window.

Here’s where it gets interesting.

Hypothetically speaking, what would be the first thought in your head if, when glancing out the window, you saw a narrow ledge about 20 feet below that lead to a dilapidated fire escape which in turn lead to a six foot leap to a nearby condemned building’s rooftop, across from which there was an open window showing you a comfortable chair in front of a television which just happened to be showing your most favoritist TV show ever? And, just to complete the picture, next to the chair is a small table with the remote, your favorite snack food and an open cold one.

And a sign saying, “Welcome to Paradise”

I’m a simple man, with simple needs. So, theoretically speaking of course, seeing something like this when I was so bored that I was seriously wondering if anyone would notice if I willed my heart to stop beating so I could die, I know for a fact what would go through my head. No matter what his age or what kind of physical shape a guy is in, no matter how many times in his life he has failed miserably at any and all physical tasks he has ever faced, every guy in the world will have the exact same thought in their head as they look across at what at that moment seems to be their ultimate salvation.

“Hmmm… I could make that if I really wanted to.”