On 2/6/2021 4:30 AM, BryanGSimmons wrote:
> On 2/6/2021 6:25 AM, Taxed and Spent wrote:
>> On 2/6/2021 3:34 AM, Sqwertz wrote:
>>> I was waiting for an UberÂ* outside of PetSmart and a little girl and
>>> her mother walk out holding those puffy bags of water and air.Â* The
>>> 5-year girl was especially fond and proud of HER bag.
>>>
>>> I said, "Wow - you got a nice big bag of water!"
>>>
>>> She says, "No, silly! These are my new tiny pet fishies in here!"
>>>
>>> I step a little closer to look at the bag, "Wow! They ARE tiny.
>>> That is sooo neat... do they come with tiny little French fries,
>>> too?"
>>>
>>> About a split-second later I learned a new facial expression AND
>>> felt the fear of God AND Satan for the first time.Â* The facial
>>> expression is the "grinnace".Â* It's a cross between a grin and
>>> grimmace. But the Fear was, without even opening her lips at the
>>> same moment of the grimmace, I CLEARLY heard the mother say "Are you
>>> Steve?".
>>>
>>> Whaaa? How who....????
>>>
>>> I don't know what the look on my face said at that moment, but in
>>> less than one single second I was the proudest, smarttest (assed)
>>> guy in the world AND saw my life flash before my eyes as I was
>>> falling into a pit of snarling beasts made entirely of flames.
>>>
>>> But as I snapped out of it, I focus my eyes 10 feet beyond the
>>> mother, and ... it's the Uber driver calling to me through her
>>> passenger window.
>>>
>>> Whew, thank God, that was close.Â* I almost denounced my devout
>>> atheism there for a second.
>>>
>>> Now I got that off my chest I can finish my evening nap.Â* But just
>>> in case, "Now I lay me down to sleep... if I die before I wake, I
>>> give to RFC my soul to take".Â* You can interpret that as a prayer or
>>> a curse, your choice. While I dream of cucumber kimchi burps.
>>>
>>> -sw
>>>
>>
>> wait - was it the Uber driver that grinnaced?
>
> I think he meant the mommy.
>

Yes, but I think anyone would.