Okay, I really, really have to work on this Separate Statement In Support Of Motion To Compel Cranial Infarction In Opposing Counsel, but I’m going to take a quick break to share with you an encounter from my lunch hour. Which is really a lunch ten minutes, but hey.
It is a very windy day here in the City of Angels. I walked to the taco store and back, and was frisked and then molested by the breeze. Fortunately, I was wearing pants rather than a skirt, so no Marilyn Monroe Moment.
As I entered the lobby of my building, I saw an old, fat, balding white guy in a suit and suspenders, standing by the elevator, watching me.
“Boy,” he shook his head, “Your hair is a mess!” He walked over to the door and looked out. “Do you think it’s too windy for me to walk to the store?”
“No, you should try it,” I replied cheerfully. “After all, you don’t have to worry about your hair.”
The elevator came just then, and I got on, so I didn’t see his face. But I like to imagine it was shattered.
SilliGirl said,
April 12, 2007 @ 3:56 pm
We just read that scene in the book you gave SilliKid. She’s always asking, “can we read Alice, please?”
uccellina said,
April 12, 2007 @ 4:02 pm
Silligirl – you have no idea how happy that makes me 🙂
Laurie Ann said,
April 12, 2007 @ 4:37 pm
For some reason, the description of the man brings Charlie Weaver to mind. Then my father, who is the spitting image of Wilford Brimley.
I love the drive-by response.
desiknitter said,
April 12, 2007 @ 9:19 pm
Uccellina! I’m shocked 🙂
Annika said,
April 12, 2007 @ 9:31 pm
Do it again!
Sachi said,
April 13, 2007 @ 8:11 am
I love you.
from away said,
April 13, 2007 @ 8:54 am
Hah. Well done.
Hyphen said,
April 13, 2007 @ 9:29 am
Oh perfect! Don’t you love those moments where you DO think of the perfect thing at the perfect time to say it?
Carolyn J. said,
April 13, 2007 @ 4:43 pm
That’s thinkin’ on your feet 😉
belledame222 said,
April 14, 2007 @ 6:29 pm
o, BURN! hahaha
Frank said,
April 15, 2007 @ 9:55 am
Very well-timed comment. Of course, had it been me, I would have figured out what to say about 13 minutes after I departed his company.
I love Laurie Ann’s “drive-by comment”!! rofl