Lame Joke
Went out to dinner the other day with the kids and the folks. Nothing too special, just Friendly's but the girls love it. They get to have ice-cream! At one point during the meal, this older gentleman came out of the bathroom (which we were a few tables away from). On the way back to his table, he stopped and turned to face our table. Perhaps he got dizzy or lost or something. Next thing I know it, he looks at us and starts to tell us a joke. Something about his mother being so short that you could see her feet in her driver's license photo. Very lame. I pretty much ignored him although my dad laughed politely. He walked away. WTF! What was up with that? I think maybe he got embarrassed because he happened to stop at our table and was trying to save face and embarrassment. Or maybe he was waiting all day just to tell that joke to someone. Sheesh!
posted by Ailyn @ 2/02/2006 03:26:00 PM
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He might have Alzheimer's. My dad would do things like that before he died. He would also go around to people on his block and give things away like golf balls he fished out of the ponds at the golf course, or hundreds of flies he had tied, even though he never fly fished.
or maybe he was just trying to be friendly...
maybe he was just trying to connect with someone and thought that you and your family looked like the kind of open and friendly people that would see him, if only for a moment, and let him know in that small way he still could make a smile happen.
Autumn
Older folks are so cute. They do strange things sometimes. But, maybe he was just being friendly. Cute story.
sassy
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