RE: It's that time of year again, when I post an "It's that time of year again" message.
07-09-2023, 09:51 PM
07-09-2023, 09:51 PM
Okay, and we've been back more than 24 hours now, and I just realized I never shared something funny that happened a week ago tonight.
We'd gone out to dinner to celebrate my birthday a few days late, and the restaurant was a few hundred yards west of a Shell gas station that had a big Shell logo sign on a tower about a hundred feet or so tall. When we came out of the restaurant, the moon was rising, and was big and orange. We were parked on the east side of the restaurant, and there was a narrow strip of trees separating the parking lot from the next business along. As we walked to the car, the trees blocked the moon, but I tried to bring it to the attention of my in-laws, pointing out where it was peeking through the trees.
Only when we got to the cars, there was an opening in the trees, and I realized I had been pointing everyone at the Shell sign, which was about the same size and color as the rising moon and, for the moment, at about the same angle up from the horizon. I sheepishly admitted my error, and after some teasing from family members, I had a moment of inspiration and pointed up at it. "That's no moon! That's a Shell station!"
Which got me groans. (And my sister in law Nancy adding that this was probably the only time you could use that sentence in the real world.)
We'd gone out to dinner to celebrate my birthday a few days late, and the restaurant was a few hundred yards west of a Shell gas station that had a big Shell logo sign on a tower about a hundred feet or so tall. When we came out of the restaurant, the moon was rising, and was big and orange. We were parked on the east side of the restaurant, and there was a narrow strip of trees separating the parking lot from the next business along. As we walked to the car, the trees blocked the moon, but I tried to bring it to the attention of my in-laws, pointing out where it was peeking through the trees.
Only when we got to the cars, there was an opening in the trees, and I realized I had been pointing everyone at the Shell sign, which was about the same size and color as the rising moon and, for the moment, at about the same angle up from the horizon. I sheepishly admitted my error, and after some teasing from family members, I had a moment of inspiration and pointed up at it. "That's no moon! That's a Shell station!"
Which got me groans. (And my sister in law Nancy adding that this was probably the only time you could use that sentence in the real world.)
-- Bob
I have been Roland, Beowulf, Achilles, Gilgamesh, Clark Kent, Mary Sue, DJ Croft, Skysaber. I have been
called a hundred names and will be called a thousand more before the sun grows dim and cold....
I have been Roland, Beowulf, Achilles, Gilgamesh, Clark Kent, Mary Sue, DJ Croft, Skysaber. I have been
called a hundred names and will be called a thousand more before the sun grows dim and cold....