Am I Really A Stroller-Monger?
Am I Really A Stroller-Monger? By David Leonhardt
I was reading "A Modern Infant Armada", a humor column in
Maclean's Magazine written by a fellow humor columnist. Writing
about it now is a bit like a painter painting another painter or
a singer singing about another singer (but it not like a cook
cooking another cook.).
David Russell (yes, another humor columnist named David) laughs
at his neighbor for parking both cars in the driveway to make
room in the garage for four strollers for just one child. I
laughed with him. Four strollers for just one baby is
ridiculous, right?
However, David Russell becomes a parent himself, a condition
that afflicts many unsuspecting homo sapiens, and he concludes
that a call to his neighbor is warranted: "I need to see if he
can help me get a fleet rate."
"Traitor!" I cried out. "Stroller monger!"
"Who's a traitor?" my wife asked as she walked in the room. "And
just what is a stroller monger."
I resisted the obvious answer