Uncle Mohamed?

I ordered some Mediterranean food a while back from a new restaurant. It was our first experience with the place. It had received very high reviews online. When I got there to pick up our food, the place was empty – I was the only customer there. A woman came out and I told her I was there to pick up my order. She asked me if I was Mohamed. I said that no, I was not Mohamed. She said she only had one order to be picked up and that it was for Mohamed. We went over the contents of my order and, sure enough, it was my order but it was marked “Mohamed”. So the only thing I can figure out at this place is, regardless what your name is, they assign you a name. I had been assigned the name “Mohamed”. Who knows? Maybe everybody gets called “Mohamed”…

Too bad the food wasn’t very good; I was hoping to try this place again to see if they’d assign me the same name.

 

Skin in the Game

We were in a college town on graduation day a couple of weeks ago and we kept seeing this guy walking up and down the main street. His head was shaved and he had cat riding on his shoulder. He was obviously trying to get discovered – hoping for his (and his cat’s) big break in Hollywood or maybe at least get into a small circus of some sort. I thought he was interesting but that this was nothing to write home about, or blog about.

I sent a picture of this combo to my son (OK. I guess it was something to write home about) who suggested an enhancement for the guy. He suggested that the guy would have a bigger chance of being discovered if he had shaved the cat’s head as well. This made sense to me – I think the guy would have a better chance of getting discovered with this enhancement.

If a bald cat gets half the attention the overrated bald eagles get, this guy could become a millionaire.  I say overrated ‘cause I’ve never seen an eagle sit on a bald man’s shoulder. Have you?

 

Swift Runner

The Detroit Lions drafted a running back in the first round of this year’s NFL draft. This made their incumbent running back D’Andre Swift expendable. So they put the word out that they were willing to trade him. He was gone in a matter of hours. The Super Bowl loser Philadelphia Eagles gave the Lions a future draft pick for him. Just like that, he was gone. Just like that.

Why was there such a high demand for Mr. Swift? He was not a great player. He was good at catching passes out of the backfield, but he was hurt a lot. So, why the high demand?

My theory is that there was (is?) such a high demand for Taylor Swift concert tickets that some of this (just a bit) rubbed off on D’Andre. It’s just a theory, I know, but good luck disproving it. And don’t be surprised when the Eagles have D’Andre sing the National Anthem at a game this fall. Yeah. It doesn’t take a genius to figure this stuff out.

 

Someone’s Knockin’ at the Door, Someone’s Ringing the Bell

Have you heard about these home owners who have people come to their front door and tell them they want to buy their house? It’s crazy, isn’t it? I think if this happened to me I’d wonder if they’d been peeking in the windows or something. Regardless, it hasn’t happened to me and I’m starting to get a bit jealous about it. It seems like it’s happening to everybody else. But maybe some of those people are making it up just to fit in. You know how people are.

Actually, I’m glad it hasn’t happened to me. I mean, what if the guy who wants to buy your house is really big? Or talks like a mobster? (“I’m gonna buy your house, see…”) Who wants that hanging over their head? Yeah, you’re gonna have to move.

Where’s this all gonna end? Will people come to our doors wanting to buy our cars? Our porch furniture? Our pets?  I hate to have to mow around it, but I’m going to put a sign in the front yard that says “Not for Sale”. Sadly, I think that’s the answer.

  

 

May's Days

Our daughter in law and son are expecting a baby this week and we are all really excited! I personally am relieved that the baby was not born last week due to the following date issues:

•          May 3^rd -  This is 5/3 Bank Day. They can have it.
•          May 4^th  - This is “May the Fourth be With You” day. I don’t know if I’m saying that right. I don’t watch Star Trek.
•          May 5^th – In his song, Isis, Bob Dylan marries Isis on the 5^th day of May. There are too many lyrics there – I can’t get my arms around the song. It may be a great story...
  

So now we’re into what I refer to as the height days - dates like 5/10, and 5/11, where your height may someday be the same as your birth date. This can cause some confusion like when you apply for a driver’s license. The clerk could review your application and say, “Hey, you put your birthday where it was asking for your height”.

It’s never easy, is it? 

 

Fuzzy Covid Memories

A long time reader wrote in regarding the recent Kentucky Derby post and pointed out what he thought was an error. He stated that, three years ago during Covid, that it wasn’t the horses running without jockeys, but that it was the jockeys running without the horses. Sorry long time reader - you might be thinking of The Preakness. How soon we forget. Yeah, it was The Preakness where the jockeys ran around the track. Times were very slow and 4 jockeys did not finish the race. And people left during the race. Heck, CBS ran commercials during the race. Times were so slow that, for the Belmont (the third race in the Triple Crown), they let the jockeys bring their cars onto the track and the 2020 Belmont was won by a 2014 Nissan Leaf.  

Those were some crazy times!