I am often good for a laugh, especially during wildy hectic times in my life.
Today was no exception.
My husband, Bob, and I stopped at a greasy spoon hot dog/BBQ shop for lunch.
Bob ordered his food and then stepped away in search of a restroom.
The gentleman behind the counter asked me, “Do you know what toppings your husband wants?”
I looked at the order and saw that my husband had ordered a footer.
I replied, “If you can tell me what kind of meat is in a footer I can tell you what toppings to put on it.”
The man’s response was a stare. I was confused.
I then approached it at a different angle, thinking he didn’t understand what I was asking. I said, “If you can point out the footer on the menu, I will know what toppings to have added to his sandwich.”
Again, the man stared at me, and this time with a very odd expression. I was growing uncomfortable.
Another employee stepped out of the kitchen and said, “Most people order their footers with sauce, cheese, and onions.”
I thought about it for a moment. I knew my husband would not like sauce on his foot long sub sandwich.
Then it dawned on me. Ohhhhhh…a footer. I was in a shop that specializes in foot long hot dogs, wasn’t I?
The brain was back in full gear!
Can you imagine what the guy was thinking when I asked what type of meat was in a footer?
Busyness with our businesses…beyond that I think we can call it mush!
Life without humor, where would we be?
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No meat for me! Since I became a vegetarian along with my parent’s a year ago, we rarely eat meat here. If we do, eat meat-it is usually chicken or turkey but we do eat fish once a month or so though. We eat a lot of veggie burgers and vegetarian type of jerky.
Amy
Hi Amy! It sounds like you and your family eat healthy. I would have a whole lot more vegetables in the house if it weren’t for my picky husband – I’ll blame it on him, God love him. He likes green beans and tomatoes, that’s it.
Have a beautiful weekend!
Well, Mary, you could have saved face once you realized it was a hot dog they were talking about and asked if it was beef or the other kind of hot dog. tee hee
It’s really very humbling when you are accused of asking a dumb question, huh? I know it is for me.
Just the other day my son, who lives in WV, ran over something in the middle of the highway and done a little damage to his vehicle.
My husband and I were telling a couple of friends about it. She asked what he’d ran over and we told her a gator and went on talking, not noticing her confused look. Finally, still confused, she was trying to make sense of the conversation, she asked if he still lived in WV. We said yes and kept on talking. I finally realized that she wasn’t understanding our “gator” slang and I was trying to hold back the snickers. We all had a good laugh when we explained that a “gator” is what we call the retread that comes off tractor-trailer tires and is left lying in the middle of the road.
Becky, I love your story! I have to tell you, though, when I read that your son ran over a gator I was not thinking about an alligator, nor a tire thread (even though gator is a term that motorcyclists use as well for those particular road hazards), I was thinking about a John Deere Gator! Ha ha ha.
I am not too concerned about saving face, as I know how busy I am, and where my mind is at. You know, I’ll keep your beef excuse in mind, though, it might come in handy!! Funny!!!
Have a great weekend, gal!
We started this vegetarian diet after a couple that goes to our church started it, her husband was supposed to have a triple bypass but he didn’t want one so the nurse told him to read this book & so he did and then his wife & him started the diet and his chlosterol dropped 70 points. So we decided to try it at the end of July ’09 and this diet also helped with my Mom’s breathing (she has asthma) and it also helped when my sister-in-law and her children come to visit us since she and her children are vegetarians too. For dairy products we usually have some cheese and yogurt but we only use rice, soy, or almond milk in our cereal and we ocassionally get soy ice cream products.
Have a good weekend!
Amy
Just discovered your blog and really like it. Your soap looks and sounds fabulous. xo Jen
Hello, glad you found the blog. I hope you come back and visit often! Mary