Thursday, November 02, 2006
It's In The Cards...
This post has 3 stories loosely associated with "cards."
LIBRARY CARD
The other day I was dropping off some books at the library, and I was about to put 5 cents in the parking meter because I only needed 2 minutes, when this guy unloading boxes from the bookmobile started yelling, "no, no, no, no!" He was so adamant, it was as though I were a bomb technician about to cut the blue wire, when I should really be snipping the red one. I stopped and looked, expecting something serious, when he simply pointed out that it wasn't 8am yet, and that I didn't need to put any change in the meter. Phew! Saved me from unnecessarily contributing my nickel to the city of Burnaby. Hey, thanks bookmobile guy!
BASEBALL CARDS
Did you watch the St. Louis Cardinals (the 'Cards) win the World Series? Neither did anyone else, it was one of the lowest TV ratings championships ever. Thinking about the Cards, however, reminded me about another bird baseball team, the Baltimore Orioles. During the season, first baseman, Jay Gibbons, was hounding the Baltimore management to increase the safety netting behind home plate. He was sure that eventually someone would be hurt by an errant hit. He was right. This summer, HE fouled a ball back over the netting to hit a woman in the ribs. Guess who it was? His WIFE!
HOTEL KEY CARD
I was in Canmore for a conference last week and one afternoon I went to a mall. Going into Zellers to get a newspaper, I noticed the store security alarm dinging when I entered. Then it happened when I entered and exited Sportchek, and again at a dollar store. I figured it must have been my hotel key card tripping the sensors, because I had yet to purchase anything. It would be a good excuse if you were ever stealing things from stores and the alarms sounded. Just whip out the hotel key card, "it must be this, not the massive amount of stolen goods bulging under my jacket."
Or maybe the alarms went off because of the metal plate in my head, I can't be sure....
LIBRARY CARD
The other day I was dropping off some books at the library, and I was about to put 5 cents in the parking meter because I only needed 2 minutes, when this guy unloading boxes from the bookmobile started yelling, "no, no, no, no!" He was so adamant, it was as though I were a bomb technician about to cut the blue wire, when I should really be snipping the red one. I stopped and looked, expecting something serious, when he simply pointed out that it wasn't 8am yet, and that I didn't need to put any change in the meter. Phew! Saved me from unnecessarily contributing my nickel to the city of Burnaby. Hey, thanks bookmobile guy!
BASEBALL CARDS
Did you watch the St. Louis Cardinals (the 'Cards) win the World Series? Neither did anyone else, it was one of the lowest TV ratings championships ever. Thinking about the Cards, however, reminded me about another bird baseball team, the Baltimore Orioles. During the season, first baseman, Jay Gibbons, was hounding the Baltimore management to increase the safety netting behind home plate. He was sure that eventually someone would be hurt by an errant hit. He was right. This summer, HE fouled a ball back over the netting to hit a woman in the ribs. Guess who it was? His WIFE!
HOTEL KEY CARD
I was in Canmore for a conference last week and one afternoon I went to a mall. Going into Zellers to get a newspaper, I noticed the store security alarm dinging when I entered. Then it happened when I entered and exited Sportchek, and again at a dollar store. I figured it must have been my hotel key card tripping the sensors, because I had yet to purchase anything. It would be a good excuse if you were ever stealing things from stores and the alarms sounded. Just whip out the hotel key card, "it must be this, not the massive amount of stolen goods bulging under my jacket."
Or maybe the alarms went off because of the metal plate in my head, I can't be sure....
# posted by Dairn @ 11:12 AM 
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Metal Plate?
What metal plate?
ohhh...you must mean the metal plate you "sh'lifted" (that's my new word for the day - cool, eh?) from Zellers!
har har har (said the pirate with the smoker's cough)
good to see ya back blogging!
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What metal plate?
ohhh...you must mean the metal plate you "sh'lifted" (that's my new word for the day - cool, eh?) from Zellers!
har har har (said the pirate with the smoker's cough)
good to see ya back blogging!
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