Wed, January 12, 2005
Messing with the locals—1:00 PM
I'm not sure why, but I just thought of this today for the first time in a long time. I remember a family vacation years and years ago, when I decided it would be really funny to cause a little scene. I begged my father to participate, but he refused.
The plan was: I thought it'd be hilarious to walk into a restaurant, and when they seated us at a booth by the window, I'd slide in so I was next to the window. Then, I'd just kind of behave oddly for the next few minutes. Nothing too wild, just kind of seeming uncomfortable, just enough so the waitress would notice and wonder what was going on. Then, after that had gone on for a few minutes, my dad would lean toward her and say, "You'll have to pardon my son. He can't see through glass."
I thought it would've been a riot, but Dad was never on board.
The other thing I dreamed up but never tried was to belt out, right after entering the place, "Oh, Dad. I left my jacket in the Ferrari. Can I have the keys?"
Anonymous Coward — Tue, 1/18/05 5:41pm
or you could call to your parent not to forget the hemmroid medicine as she meekly tried to find the restroom while dining at the drug store lunch counter.
Bee Boy — Tue, 1/18/05 11:46pm
Now that sounds like a plan! An eerily familiar plan. :)