Meadow Four

This morning Slim Bongloberg came into the barbershop ranting and raving about his wife Myrtis and her list of chores. Seems Myrtis stepped off a curb and broke a bone in her foot and has been hobbling around for about a month. Myrtis has the reputation of being a good housekeeper. I once heard Dorothy say a person could eat off her floors they were so clean. Anyway, Slim was upset because they had a woman from a house cleaning agency at their house and Myrtis had had him working all yesterday and from 5 o'clock this morning getting ready for this woman. He said, "When this woman walked in and surveyed the situation she said, 'I don't rightly know where to begin. Most places I go my work is mapped out for me. Here, looking for dirt is like looking for a needle in a haystack.'" Slim coughed up a little trail dust and stepped outside to the curb to expectorate. When he returned he continued, "Needle in a haystack. I say it's more like paying for the cable when you ain't got no television set." He continued to rant and when he left one fellow commented, "You know, I don't see why people have to reach deep in their head to come up with one of them meadow fours. They need to just say what they mean in plain terms."
I reckon he's right.