December 29, 2008
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Year in Review: Undocumented Humor …
I’m sure there were a few times when something hilarious happened to me (or us) that I just failed to document. Whether it was because I felt something more interesting was worth mentioning, I forgot or most likely I thought I looked too stupid in the situation (hey I’m sensitive
) Anyways, here are a few that I remember:
- Just after I had sprained my ankle, I went to attend my friends wedding reception. My mobility was still pretty bad so trying to get dressed for the event was somewhat difficult. It was even more difficult because when grabbing my suit out of the closet I had chosen, by accident, the suit that I wore post-college job interviews. Yes, that was nearly 13 years ago. Needless to say, the pants do not fit anymore and I found that out pretty quickly. Since all I could do was hop on one foot I almost immediately fell, screaming in agony not just from the pain from the ankle but also from the fact that I could not fasten the pants together. Then I realized that I grabbed the wrong suit and that the cleaners did not shrink my suit. It was I who happened to expand.
- The same wedding reception I was able to see several of my high school friends and fortunately we were all set to sit at the same table, Table 17. As we proceeded into the dining room we began our search for Table 17. We searched. Table 15. Table 16. hmmm maybe it’s on the other side of the room. Nope. There was no Table 17. I guess weren’t really invited for dinner after all.
Our friend, the groom, basically just told us to sit at another table that were for his “friends” but we would still be three short. That’s when the three of us, who all happened to be married but without spouses for the event, saw three recliners in the corner with a coffee table. That’s when we made that area Table 17. Dinner was buffet style so it didn’t really matter that we did that. The bride and groom didn’t seem to mind so the three of us had a blast sitting in the corner. Eventually this became the happening corner and all our high school buddies and their wives came over to sit with us.
- Lastly, during my coffee drinking change we had some instant coffee that we had bought when Chewy’s parents were in town. I figured I’d leave that one at home and purchase another small canister, since I was in trial mode, to take to work. This way I wouldn’t have to carry the original jar back and forth for the weekends. So at Target I’m looking around trying to find the coffee and I purchase a small canister and take it to work. The following morning I heat up my cup of water and put in a spoonful into the cup. I stir it up and wonder why isn’t the coffee disolving. Maybe the water wasn’t hot enough so I microwave it and stir it up again. This doesn’t seem to be working but nonetheless I still drink it thinking “Man this is some gritty coffee.” Stupid me finally realized that I didn’t buy instant coffee but I bought coffee grinds!!! Probably one of the strongest cups of coffee I ever had! It was good that I bought the small canister since there was this HUGE canister on sale for the same price. Normally I would have bought it since it was on sale and it was larger in size but figured since I was just gonna try it out first that I should just get the smaller size. Thank goodness I did. Now I just drink the grinds via a coffee maker at home and brought the instant to work. Eventually I’ll figure all this stuff out.