30 Second Stories By Cal - Big Josh

One of my first figures was a Big Josh. When we were first leaving for Europe they had one in the gift shop of the airport. I begged my Mom for it but she had alot on her mind. It was the first time we had ever been on a plane.

There she was without my Dad but still had to deal with two young kids and the blizzard outside. No problem. Plays fly over the Atlantic Ocean all the time. My demands only put more stress on an already stressful situation. After not getting what I wanted I did what I always do, I sulked 'like Achilles in his tent'. She was getting no more co-operation from me.

On the way to the plane we had to walk outside for a bit and it was very windy and snow storming. A man's cap flew off his head and by instinct I ran into the storm, across the tarmac to rescue it for him. Freaked my mom out but good. Freaked everyone out. But I caught that bouncing hat, I truly did.

The man gave me five dollars for my effort and sacrifice. You would think I would head right for the plane but you would be wrong.

I turned around and was off again but this time to that gift shop to get my Big Josh figure. I ran past security and into the store, got the figure and ran back to the plane. Mom was pissed but I didn't care. Josh was perhaps the gayest lumberjack in the world with his shorts and boots and vest. He came with an axe that you could use that Big Jim arm motion button to chop a log in half that came with the figure.

He was magnificent.