A Southern California storm came and went but not before Walter Dunn, an entrepreneur and resident of Echo Park, charged $145 dollars per jar of the rarest substance LA has ever seen– rain from the sky.
“I feel that rain is a mystifying mistress. She is comforting when she is there but leaves without warning. And you’re never sure when she’ll be back,” said Dunn while dusting off his older jars of rain. “So, I decided to bottle some up and sell her to those she left behind. For just $145 a jar.”
Walter claims this idea came to him when his roof sprung a leak. Shortly after, he erected a state-of-the-art rain catching apparatus in his backyard shortly before the rain shower left, which upon further investigation is a funnel taped to tubes that leads into empty barrels. Dunn mentioned one of his neighbors, Oscar Franks, seemed a bit skeptical of the device that resembled a beer bong, but as soon as he explained his idea, Franks quickly became Dunn’s first customer.
As for putting a price on such a scarce item, Franks notes, “Some people seem to think his prices are pretty steep. I mean, they don’t have to buy the water, but they’d be pretty stupid to skip out on something so incredibly rare.” Franks adds, “How much would you pay for gold bars? Or a flying pig? This is only going to gain more value as the years go on.” He held one of the jars tight and didn’t let anyone come close to it.
Anxious for the impending El Nino super storm, Dunn is ready for his biggest shipment to date. He plans to hire Franks, along with a few interns, after they pass a rigorous background check.