Oh, I forgot my anecdote. I was casually wheeling my 2003 Riv thru the aisles of my favored Sprout's when a young 40 something piped up, "Old steely!" I let rip with magisterial rebuttal. I should have said, still magisterially, "You must be a Fred."
On Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 4:15 PM Patrick Moore <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Was his joke arrogant? They do deliver packages by means other than > automobile in much of Asia far more than we do here. > > Or did he mean, "Damned backward slant eyes"? If that, then yes, arrogant. > (I myself am 1/2 of what Wm Howard Taft, when head of US government in the > Phillippines, called "our little brown brothers.") > > Patrick "*big* brown brother" Moore, who has slanty eyes himself, in ABQ, > NM. > > On Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 4:03 PM 'Deacon Patrick' via RBW Owners Bunch < > rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> wrote: > >> Weirdest comment from the peanut gallery in a long while. I was packing >> up packages at the Post when a guy about my age stopped at the door and >> said: “Amazon Asia, huh?” >> >> After a few rounds of him trying to explain the “joke” as “that’s how >> they actually deliver packages in Asia” and then giving up and saying “I >> guess it’s not as good a joke as I thought,” my poor brain with all the >> noise (that no one but me likely even noticed) had no better response than: >> “The bicycle is a great form of transportation the world over.” >> >> I failed at my usual smile and wave. This was stand there dumbfounded at >> the levels of arrogance inherent in his statement with my head cocked and >> look stupid. It did that really well. Grin. >> >> Any odd comments lately? >> >> With abandon, >> Patrick >> >> www.MindYourHeadCoop.org >> www.CatholicHalos.org >> www.DeaconPatrick.org >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > -- > > > > > *------------------------------------------------------------------------------------* > > > > > > *Still 'round the corner there may waitA new road or a secret gate,And > though we pass them by today,Tomorrow we may come this wayAnd take the > hidden paths that runTowards the Moon or to the Sun.* > --- J.R.R. Tolkien > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews > By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching > Other professional writing services > Expensive! But good. > http://www.resumespecialties.com/ > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique > > -- *------------------------------------------------------------------------------------* *Still 'round the corner there may waitA new road or a secret gate,And though we pass them by today,Tomorrow we may come this wayAnd take the hidden paths that runTowards the Moon or to the Sun.* --- J.R.R. Tolkien ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching Other professional writing services Expensive! But good. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
