HOLLY SPRINGS —
This week’s profile is with a man of few words. His name is Milky, also known as .Milky. This was a tough one, I must admit, but I think it captures the essence of the Milk Man. Read on, and you’ll see what I mean.
Angela: According to your profile, you were born in 1913.
Milky: That was just a random number I picked.
Angela: Where did the name “Milky” come from?
Milky: It’s a random word.
(We’re laughing….)
Angela: Oh, is that how you do things? Randomly?
Milky: Not generally. Not in my real life.
Angela: So Milky isn’t real?
Milky: No, and actually when GOLO came about I went looking for an image of Milky and found an image of a guy named Milky from a band called Blur, and that’s who I used for a while.
Angela: Do you get bored easily?
Milky: Yes
Angela: Are you bored now?
Milky: Not yet, but I was about two minutes ago. That’ll change in about thirty seconds.
Angela: Do you really enjoy pandering? That’s mentioned on your profile page as a hobby.
Milky: It is? Oh… maybe I should practice it more.
Angela: What is it with you and Spam? You’ve referred to it as “the other white meat.” Do you like it?
Milky: I was actually probably trying to be ironic about someone else who was posting blogs that I considered spam.
Angela: Do you think most people “get” your humor?
Milky: No. I don’t use smiley faces or “LOL” a lot.
Angela: How do you characterize your sense of humor?
Milky: Dry.
Angela: Do you think people enjoy your comments?
Milky: I get generally positive feedback. If I get a negative response I usually mistyped what I was trying to say. Now people know to re-read what I write to look for the punch line.
Angela: So people understand you now?
Milky: If they could explain me to me I would appreciate it very much. My wife would pay good money for that information.
Angela: Have you ever been described as “a little odd?”
Milky: A little?
(Laughs then a long pause…)
Angela: What do you like most about GOLO?
Milky: I like to get people’s reactions on other topics and I enjoy a wide variety of opinions over a single issue. Something that’s obvious to me may not be to another person.
Angela: Does your wife know you’re on GOLO?
Milky: Yes, she reads my comments, so I do keep that in mind….
Angela: Who are some of your favorites on GOLO? You don’t have to answer this if you’re concerned about hurt feelings.
Milky: Let me think of someone’s feelings I wanna hurt…I like Yacs a lot and Ashen and Lolly and Vettte. And Historian was one of my original running mates. I’m sure I’m leaving lots of people out, but not intentionally.
Angela: What are you doing right now?
Milky: Walking around on my back porch because it’s nice outside. Before you called I was building a shelf system for my son’s room.
Angela: A handy man, huh?
Milky: A broke man, so that makes me handy. (We laugh)
Angela: See it’s that kind of dry wit that makes you, you. Were you born that way?
Milky: I guess so. That part of Milky is actually probably the real me.
Angela: What famous dead person would you like to have met?
Milky: Why would I want to meet a dead person?
Angela: You know what I mean
Milky: I’m sure I do.
Angela: Man, you’re tough!
Milky: My wife would agree with that statement…
Angela: What do you do to relax?
Milky: Play with my son. When I’m not working or fixing something or doing other chores, I usually have only enough energy to breathe in enough oxygen so that I don’t die.
Angela: What kinds of things do you fix?
Milky: Our house is 12 years old and it seems like I’m fixing everything. Garage doors, expansion for the kid’s room. I’m building a big closet and building a bonus room.
Angela: All by yourself?
Milky: I have some people that will help me….
Angela: Is that your line of work?
Milky: No. I’m an information janitor. I clean and scrub data.
Angela: Oh, is that why you’re a man of few words?
Milky: It may be. Communication is not a big part of that…
Angela: Are you ever talkative?
Milky: Oh yeah, after a couple of beers or seven or eight cups of coffee it’s time to pull out the tranquilizer gun.
Angela: Tell me something one would not expect about Milky.
Milky: I’m generally nice to people.
Angela: That’s shocking?
Milky: It might be to some.
Angela: What would you like for people to say about you after you’re gone from this earth?
Milky: Well, I don’t what them to say: “Good. What a schmuck.”
Angela: I don’t think I’m gonna get too much more out of you.
Milky: That’s probably true.
Angela: People are still going to laugh at this you know?
Milky: Silent
Angela: Do you care?
Milky: No.
Angela: Well, I guess that about sums it up.
Milky: Yep.
Angela: Thank you for your time.
Milky: I enjoyed it.
