Hello Mr Baguhn, As I was visiting Madison over Christmas I found out the oddest thing, Madison's apartment buildings are poorly built. I would just like to have your input on why this is. My little story about this is that while I was in Madison a wall almost fell right on my head! I was just going for a good meal down at the homeless shelter when BAM, the whole damn thing fell down right in front of me. Within minutes the cops where there so I decided to get out of there before I was questioned. Please shine some light O WISE ONE on my problem. It will be very appreciated. John Shultz

-- John "The wall breaker" Schultz (woolfedd@hotmail.com), December 11, 1998

Answers

Well, hmm. I seem to remember this particular occurence. While I have no evidence relating to this specific event, I believe I can provide some general background knowledge.

First of all, buildings are old. Well, most of them are, anyway, because most people are too cheap to demolish their buildings every 3 years and put up new ones. So that means that most buildings are at least three years old.

During their lifetime, very few buildings are properly cared for. They're just left out in the cold. No galoshes when it rains, no overcoat for frigid weather. Just left exposed to the elements.

This wouldn't be so bad, except that people tend to put bulidings in cities, right next to cars and factories. And as we all know, cars and factories make acid rain ("oh wow man, look at the colors").

So, these buildings have all been sitting in an acid shower for at least three years, with no overcoat or galoshes. If you were bombarded with acid for three years, you'd probably be falling apart too ("Oh wow man, look at the colors").

So, I'm guessing that this building was on a street, nearby a factory or something that produces acid rain.

And anyway... it just... fell apart, like an old hippie with a flashback.... there's a daffodil up your nose! eek!

-- William (spqrspqr@hotmail.com), December 12, 1998.