The other shoe drops

Published 11:55 pm Saturday, June 20, 2009

That’ll show ‘em

Banks aren’t the only ones foreclosing on homes these days. Some homeowner associations will foreclose on folks who don’t pay their dues.

Fortunately, homeowners in this predicament have several retaliatory options at their disposal, including:

– Sticking the garbage can on the curb before 6:45 a.m.

– Parking the car in the driveway instead of inside the garage.

– Covering the house’s beige exterior with the pink paint your 11-year-old daughter chose for her bedroom.

Chicken talk: A researcher hopes to earn his doctorate by discovering the meanings of chickens’ various vocalizations.

We’ll go out on a limb and predict that “cock-a-doodle-do” means “Hey, neighbors, it’s 4:15 a.m. — get out of bed!” And “cluck-cluck-cluck-cluck” means “I wonder what that big funnel is for.”

What to wear: Men, get out your wingtips, short-sleeved dress shirts and Buddy Holly glasses — the nerdy look is hot, fashion experts say.

And if you gave all that stuff to Goodwill, just sit tight: By 2019, the Justin Timberlakes of the era will be wearing Dockers on the red carpet.