She's a keeper

lba on May 4, 2008

I'm not normally one to reply to most compliments or insults with a “thank you” or “bite me”, as I always end up feeling either like I'm being cocky or snarly, but there are some times where I can't even think of some self-deprecating joke to make about their words ( I have raised self-deprecation to an art form I believe. ). Yesterday I happened to witness such an occasion. While the compliment was not directed at me, I somehow still found myself struck silent and even somewhat disturbed. The guy who was the target of this particular 80-something woman's remark may never fully recover ( When I left, the paramedics were still trying to figure out if he'd had a heart attack or just had his heart explode. ). This guy seems to have an unlucky streak a mile wide, because throughout the 30 minutes I saw him, he managed to get into some sort of predicament several times ( About 34 times is my conservative estimate. ) but as far as scarring life events go, I'd say having an 80 year old woman use her equivalent of “I'd hit it” on you, is pretty far up there and topped the rest of them. As a result of this poor guys trauma, I envisioned what you see here, albeit with the victim struggling a lot less. In addition, I ended up thinking of another 6 or seven ideas from this poor kid's miserable day.

And so here's to hoping he recovers and gets well soon. Because his pain gives me a lot of ideas.