Lyle and Wanda

 

He kept a radish in his shirt pocket and had a flagpole for an antenna on his car.  He was never one to conform.  In school, he only came inside for the fire drills.  He’d only use a number 3 pencil and would return everything to the library except books.

To the senior prom he took Wanda Harper.  She had stopped him in the hall one day and asked if he happened to have a radish she could borrow.  They’ve been together ever since.

The story of Lyle and Wanda is not unique.  They are simply two people passing through this life that happen to have a Band-aid collection.  They spend a great deal of time sitting on the roof of their house, just looking out over the city.  They are not totally convinced the earth is round and will only listen to television through headphones.

Although they have become difficult to find, their favorite meal is still Swanson TV dinner.  Over the years they have kept the empty Swanson foil trays their dinners came in, and they use them for their everyday dishes.  They do not break and are completely stackable.

They have never joined the cell phone craze and still write all of their appointments on the wall calendar which hangs in the kitchen.  Should you ever meet them, you’ll see they are good people, although they believe whole-heartedly that Andy and Barney still hold things together in Mayberry.