Sqwertz wrote:
> On Sat, 6 Feb 2021 06:30:40 -0600, 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 Uber* outside of PetSmart and a little girl and
>>>> her mother walk out holding those puffy bags of water and air.* 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.* The facial
>>>> expression is the "grinnace".* 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.* I almost denounced my devout
>>>> atheism there for a second.
>>>>
>>>> Now I got that off my chest I can finish my evening nap.* 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".* You can interpret that as a prayer or
>>>> a curse, your choice. While I dream of cucumber kimchi burps.
>>>>
>>>
>>> wait - was it the Uber driver that grinnaced?
>>
>> I think he meant the mommy.
>
> It wasn't obvious? I think it was. That's just Bruce #2 begging for
> my attention.
>
> -sw
>

I see lot's of squirt begging for attention.

You need a mommy to hug you?