Post-Dramatic July 4th Syndrome
There's nothing like coming in to work the day after a mid-week holiday. There are many things that might be better, though. Like not having to come in to work, for example. Or maybe Otter Pops.
Does anyone else remember Otter Pops, by the way? I used to love them. For me and my (many) siblings, they were synonymous with summer, which in turn was synonymous with afternoons spent jumping in and out of our pool. My favorite Otter Pop was Poncho Punch, until it was Sir Isaac Lime. Mmmmm, lime!
Hmm, something tells me I'm digressing. Although in order to digress, I suppose I would have had to have an actual main topic, and I'm not sure I have that. So I guess I'm NOT digressing, which is weird. I mean, because usually I do.
See, this type of post is exactly what happens when you come to work the day after a mid-week holiday! Ugh.
Well, the work is piling up this morning, so I'd better get to it. Before I go, I'll leave you with an important question to ponder, one which was asked of me the other day by a coffeeshop barista as he took my order, and which I continue to turn over and over in my mind:
If a pirate and a ninja were to get in a fight, who would win? And why? (Actually the barista didn't ask why; that's my little addition.)
So debate amongst yourselves. And happy post-Fourth of July!
Does anyone else remember Otter Pops, by the way? I used to love them. For me and my (many) siblings, they were synonymous with summer, which in turn was synonymous with afternoons spent jumping in and out of our pool. My favorite Otter Pop was Poncho Punch, until it was Sir Isaac Lime. Mmmmm, lime!
Hmm, something tells me I'm digressing. Although in order to digress, I suppose I would have had to have an actual main topic, and I'm not sure I have that. So I guess I'm NOT digressing, which is weird. I mean, because usually I do.
See, this type of post is exactly what happens when you come to work the day after a mid-week holiday! Ugh.
Well, the work is piling up this morning, so I'd better get to it. Before I go, I'll leave you with an important question to ponder, one which was asked of me the other day by a coffeeshop barista as he took my order, and which I continue to turn over and over in my mind:
If a pirate and a ninja were to get in a fight, who would win? And why? (Actually the barista didn't ask why; that's my little addition.)
So debate amongst yourselves. And happy post-Fourth of July!
posted by grackyfrogg @ 10:06 AM
5 Comments:
At 1:24 PM ,
Drew said...
At least said barista didn't ask the true question: "If a pirate, a ninja, and a Robot were to get into a fight, who would win?"
Personally, my money is on Japan...
At 3:23 AM ,
eldila said...
1) Yes! Otter Pops were the higher-end iced treats if I remember...except that they didn't contain chocolate.
2) If he's male, isn't he a baristo?
3) Was that a pick-up line? You should add it to your collection.
At 5:43 PM ,
Rod Dixon said...
What a ridiculous question--the pirate would win, of course. Men with luxuriant beards, stentorian noses, and whose voices speak of rum and murder never lose.
Actually most of that is ripped off from the Gideon Defoe series of books THE PIRATES, which includes titles like: THE PIRATES IN AN ADVENTURE WITH SCIENTISTS and my favorite THE PIRATES IN AN ADVENTURE WITH COMMUNISTS.
At 3:24 PM ,
Anonymous said...
I too am a big fan of Sir Isaac Lime! I'm right there with you at age 32 also and grew up with OtterPops stacked in the freezer. Big question is...do you cut off the tops with scissors or hack it with a knife?
emo
PS. I have bad asthma and live in California too.
At 5:22 PM ,
grackyfrogg said...
aha, good question, emo! i used scissors because a) a knife would have taken too long, and b) my mom probably wouldn't have trusted me to use the knife without hurting someone (i.e., myself).
but now the REAL big question is: are you from california originally... or are you a transplant?? :) just kidding. welcome to the frogg files in either case. :)
to drew: actually, i think that both the pirate and the ninja would beat the robot. unless it was a Terminator-type... but even then it's just a question of finding the right weapon, like maybe an empty factory or a vat of melted mercury, or something.
i do give the ninja the supremacy vote (sorry rod), because ninjas don't drink nearly as much rum as pirates do.
and eldila, it might have been a pick up line, but in that case, he was picking up everyon IN line, so... i'm not sure it was flattering in that case. :)
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