AKA Abraham Bacoln

I was standing around with a group of my classmates discussing what a terrible fate it would be if our syllabus was correct and we did indeed have a test today. I threw a granola bar wrapper at the hallway trash can and to my amazement it actually went in. The guy next to me said, “Nice shot!”

I said, “Yeah, well, doesn’t happen often. You know, people always say, ‘You’re tall, do you play basketball?’ My usual answer to that is, ‘Come sit with me in the office for a day. Watch how many things I throw at the trash can and how often I miss. You’ll understand.'”

There was a pause, and he said,

“You should be in a movie. You’re like a character from a movie.”

“I … I suppose … I will take that as a compliment.”

“Oh, totally.”

aaron gets the “do you play basketball?” thing all the time. it seems like they think tall people never hear that one.

Comment by mary November 21, 2006 @ 9:06 pm

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If the person who asks me about basketball is short enough I move closer, stare directly down at them, and say, “No, why, are you a horse jockey?”

Comment by Kevin O'Mara November 21, 2006 @ 9:10 pm

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you WOULD be the man behind the man…

Comment by Errrrrch November 21, 2006 @ 10:50 pm

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Kevin, in the years that I have known you, I never once thought you ever played basketball. You should probably take that as a compliment.

Comment by Jason C November 21, 2006 @ 11:52 pm

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Kevin, you are totally like a character from a movie. Biffle and I go through life internally casting a movie with the interesting people we see out in the world. We’ll be at a lumber yard, and someone will say, “Yep, this here dog got his tail cut off by a car, but I reckon he’s alright,” and we’ll look at each other and say, “He can be in the movie.” So, you can be in the movie.

Comment by Alison November 22, 2006 @ 11:03 am

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