During the rainy morning dog walk, an elderly man approached holding up an enormous umbrella.
Me: Wow, that's quite an umbrella!
Man: (smiles) I know. It's a tent. But I stay dry under here.
Me: You could keep five people dry under there.
Man: (laughs) I suppose I could.
Me: I like the stripes; red, yellow, green. It reminds me of an African flag.
Man: The flag of Italy.
Me: Isn't the flag of Italy red, white and green? I think red, yellow and green is the flag of Chad, or Ghana, or, oh I don't know my flags. But it looks African. It's pretty.
Man: You think my umbrella looks African?
Me: Yeah, like an African flag. Well stay dry! Have a good day!
I walked on. When the dog and I made a full-circle back to the spot where the man and I spoke, his umbrella was in the garbage.
Damp racist + big free umbrella = a good day.
Posted by: Vidiot at July 12, 2004 11:59 AMMy thoughts exactly.
Posted by: anti at July 12, 2004 01:24 PMReminds me of the time I told my sister's father-in-law that Challah is a special Jewish bread...when his mouth was full of it. He choked some, but didn't die.
Posted by: Ann at July 19, 2004 11:53 AMOh, that's too bad. About the not choking part.
Posted by: antigeist at July 19, 2004 12:35 PM