Wednesday, January 26, 2011

My Life the Situational Comedy

I was told a while back that I should turn my current life into a sitcom. And perhaps I should. But then again, here are the things that I was told to put into the sitcom:
It was a cloudy day. I was driving to the store with a coworker and some crazy Philly drivers were just running the red light. "Oh No they don't! and I made my (on the green arrow) left turn and merged in with them. It wasn't until I was in the middle of all these rule breakers that he informed me that it was a funeral procession. "WHAT? Where're the flags?" Apparently in Philadelphia they don't use flags they use little orange stickers. Well who is going to see those? Not me, that's for sure. When I got back to the office (safely) I was further informed that sometimes there isn't even a sticker for every car, you just have to look for the flashers to be on.
But here's my problem with that: Philadelphia drivers are crazy. They will park their car in the middle of the street and leave their flashers on. In South Phila I have seen (and am told it is legal) cars parked in the painted yellow part of the road between the two lanes of traffic, and cars parked on the street two deep. How does one get out if they are next to the curb? I certainly don't know.
So when I see people ignoring red lights with their flashers on, I assume they have just never been exposed to how people are actually supposed to drive. Needless to say (based on my reaction to their driving) I am accustomed to their driving and now drive much like that myself, while in Philadelphia. Further, my coworker will no longer ride with me. He's such a baby.
There is more: like when I tried to convince my boss that when Jay-Z raps that he has soda in the kitchen and I tried to convince him that the soda is baking soda and Jay-Z's "Z" stands for Zucchini and he is making Zucchini bread with the baking soda. But I am not sure if my boss thinks that I believe that and that is what he found so funny, or just the idea. I hope he doesn't think I am that WASP. But then again, I could really go for some Zucchini Bread right now.
The other thing that I am told is funny is how to talk to men who ask my name when they don't really need to be talking to me. I have had two great experiences in which I responded very appropriately. The first i was walking out of my house getting ready to walk over to volunteer. I was snacking on some sandwiches I made for the walk and getting ready to listen to some music when this guy walking down the street asks my name. I responded with, "No, I'm not playing that game." And just kept walking. He was old....
The other situation was at a bar and I was trying to get up to the bar to order a drink for me and my friend. And so I was standing next to some guys who were sitting at the bar. And they asked my name, and so I responded "Whiskey and Coke." The day before I had been told by some very reliable radio personalities that if a man hasn't bought you a drink and he asks your name you should tell him your drink and only give him your name after he has bought you a drink. Since I wasn't interested I told him my friends drink.
She never got that drink. He just got a good laugh and I got a funny story to blog about. On a side note, I sang Karaoke that night and was AM-AZE-ING. (yes I know I added and extra "e"..).

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