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Whoami
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08-03-2001
| Saturday, July 15, 2006 - 2:38 am
OK, this is for times when timing makes all the difference. My motivation is for humorous things. But you can get serious if you like too.... Two of my timing issues have to do with natural body functions. No, nothing gross (this time anyway!).... 1). I was a clerk at a convenience store. When customers came in, of course it was natural to greet them with a "hi, can I help you?" One very particularly good looking construction worker came in. He was nice and bronzed from all his work out in the sun. His brilliant smile flashed even brighter when contrasted against his deeply tanned face. And of course his muscle tone was quite impressive after the daily physical work he did. It was all I could do to not openly gawk at him with my mouth hanging open. I collected myself, opened my mouth to do the normal greeting, when I was suddenly overcome with a case of those extra-loud-break-the-sound-barrier hiccups. So, instead of the normal greeting, I ask the gentleman, "Hi, can I HICCUP you?" Naturally he and his buddies all had a grand time with that with comments like, "well, I'm not sure. Just what does that mean?" And of course the ribbing went on for several minutes. I was mortified and embarrassed, and ended up with a serious case of the giggles. Unfortunately, the giggles made the hiccups come on even stronger and more frequent. I'm sure I was all shades of red, which of course gave the gentlemen even more jollies to rib me with! 2) Just the other night. Mom was about to ask me to look up a show she'd seen advertised that she wanted me to schedule for recording on the DVR. So, she says, "do you think you could..." and then she was overcome with a giant belch. So it came out, "do you think you could brrraaaackkkk!" I told her, "uh well. I dunno! I guess I can give it a try. But I'm gonna have to wait until I have a good hard swallow of root beer or something first." Since then I've tried a few times (sans root beer). But I haven't been able to come close to the window shaking one she did! 
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Mameblanche
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08-24-2002
| Sunday, July 16, 2006 - 8:00 am

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