Away with the Yachts

The weather here in Nanaimo is changing to cooler and wetter, still with many beautiful (albeit shorter) days. The homeless become less apparent - and so do the yachts of the wealthy. The two extremes of the financial spectrum, sent scurrying by the weather toward warmer, drier climates.

I have a theory that this weather driven similarity goes deeper, only a theory - clearly politically incorrect and in poor taste:
Perhaps some few of the wealthy yacht owners go feral. Tired of unrelenting sartorial hounding by spouses, they rebel and take to the streets. Certainly we see people step from the yachts who are shabbily dressed, perhaps given away by a Rolex or a piece of flashy, but clearly genuine, jewelry. These items can be surrendered and buy them acceptance into the ranks of the homeless - along with complete anonymity. But when the weather changes, these feral yacht people lose resolve and revert to their wealthy ways, soon returning to their yachts to sail south. Here's the clincher - they each take a handful of their dearest new friends along, thereby explaining the nearly simultaneous disappearance of much of the homeless population along with the yachts.

Richard
2006.09.19