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Quote of the Day June 24th
I volunteered at Miller Park this week on behalf of my daughters school.
The Brewers have a program where non-profit groups staff and run vending stands during home games, taking home 10% of the take for their organization. It might sound like a piddling amount, but last year some groups made as much as $7000 for their cause.
A great idea, good cause, blah blah, but when it's 85 degrees in the shade the last thing you want to do is hunch over a grill for hours at a time.
But I'm trying to make a good impression on the parents and teachers that will play a part in my daughter's future, so I volunteer to be the grill guy. It went fine, but it separated me from the rest of the workers. Six hours into the shift I still hadn't learned anyone's name.
So I stop to chat with a middle aged woman working nearby. The conversation immediately turned to the heat.
"Oh, it is so hot back here! Part of me wishes I could change my shirt right here," she said.
Cue Danny.
"Much as I might like to see that, it might not be appropriate behavior for a Catholic school group," I said, tongue in cheek.
She looked at me oddly.
"You're right," she said. "Especially since I'm a nun."
A nun. The one person I talk to - the one person I make an off-color joke to - is a NUN.
My Dad, who was also volunteering, sadly shook his head. I think he's learned to expect such things from my karma.
Here's hoping the next nine years go quick, huh?
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This was sooo FUNNY! I wish I'd have seen your face!! Really made me laugh this morning with that one! Thanks and good luck for the next 9 years. I'm looking forward to the future stories of your "karma." LOL!
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Oh that almost made me pee my pants!! That was to funny! Good luck on the next 9 years!
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Now that was funny....sounds like my luck.
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Funny...it was so much easier to spot a nun back in the good old days.
6/26/05 4:44 AM