I'm a little concerned. I asked around about them, but very few people knew anything about them. One person, the head of the local Little League, said it was a club for white supremacists. Interesting. My son is playing for Hitler's army.
One guy's word isn't good enough for me. So, I checked on the inter-web. Nothing. There is not a single website containing any information about them. That's strange. What kind of business/club would have no information about themselves available in the inter-web?
The next day I called the borough administration office for my home town. I'm not a quitter.
Weird.
woman #1: “Borough administration office. How can I help you?” me: “Hi. I was wondering if you could help me track down some information about a local business or organization?” woman #1: “We sure can. What is the business name?” me: “It's the club.” woman #1: “...What kind of information were you looking for?” filter catch: “Are they a bunch of racists?” me: “They're the sponsor of my son's baseball team, and I just want to know a little more about them.” woman #1: “I'm sorry. I can't help you with that.” filter catch: “No you can't because they'll burn your house down.” me: “Is there someone else there I can speak to about this?” woman #1: “Just give me a moment. I'll find someone to help you.” (muffled sounds -- as she holds her hand over the receiver.) woman #2: “Sir? You how can I help you?” filter catch: “Sure, just act like the first woman told you nothing.” me: “I'm looking for any information you might have about the club.” woman #2: “They're a service organization sir. They do charitable things for the community.” filter catch: “Charitable things like...I don't know...rid our town of minorities?” me: “OK. Who's in this club?” woman #2: “They have an exclusive membership. You have to be sponsored by a member to become a member.” filter catch: “It also helps if you have a shaved head and spider web tattoo on your elbow.” me: “Do you have any other information?” woman #2: “They're a service organization sir. They do charitable things for the community.” me: “Right, you said that already. Do you have any other information?” woman #2: “...We haven't had any complaints about them... What were you interested in?” filter catch: “No? No complaints about lynchings?” me: “Anything. I have a name, an address, and brief generic description of what they do. Can I call them?” (awkward silence) woman #2: “...ah...You...can do that.” me: “...OK, thanks for your help.” woman #2: “You're welcome.”
The uniforms haven't been delivered yet. I wonder if we'll get white hoods instead of hats.
1 Yes. I'm a total coward and don't like burning crosses on my front lawn. I will say that the name of the club contains the word "White" and the name of a 2D shape with only one edge.
Honey? Ummm...could you come home IMMEDIATELY? There's a cross in the front yard and it's on fire.
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