Even Happier Fourth
Uncle Andrew
You know how, every once in a while, you come up with just the perfect retort to something someone says to you, and no one you know is there to hear it? Well, welcome to reason #12 why I started a blog.
I zipped out this afternoon to pick up just a few more fireworks. (Margaret mentioned offhandedly that people at work had expressed total delight at the idea of shooting down parachute fireworks with Roman candles, and dammit I didn’t buy any parachutes!) While I was out I stopped in at the nearby Starbucks to burn off some of the $20 gift card that a friend’s Dad had generously given me as a thank-you for salvaging the data on his ailing-and-failing computer. While I was waiting for my order, I mentioned to the java jockey behind the counter that I was out buying (still more) fireworks. The lady at the counter paused in the middle of handing a five-dollar bill to the cashier for her venti Frappucino, turned to me and, brandishing the fiver in my face, said with a sneer, “Why don’t you just burn up a few of these instead?”
To which I promptly replied, “….says the woman buying a five dollar cup of coffee.” 😛
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July 4th, 2006 at 5:17 pm
Nice!
July 5th, 2006 at 9:06 am
And last year when I was trying to shoot down parachutes with roman candles, half the people there thought I was crazy.
July 5th, 2006 at 9:09 am
You should have seen it, Scot; we had four people holding eight candles firing on a seven-shot parachute fountain. It was awesome. 😉
July 5th, 2006 at 10:10 am
It was indeed. Thanks for hosting such a fabulous party! We had a great time. We don’t see you often enough!
July 6th, 2006 at 9:52 am
Next year I’m going to shoot Diet Coke from my nasal cannons at those pesky parachute troops. Your puny gunpowder sticks will be paled in the manly bask of my MENTOS GLOW!
July 6th, 2006 at 10:13 am
I’m really, really sorry that we didn’t get a picture of you geysering Diet Coke from your nostrils. The closest we got was this:
July 8th, 2006 at 3:16 pm
Looks like a Spike tv ad.