recently, my daughter said a student at the college where I teach had expressed concern for my health, having seen me enter a conference 'lugging my portable oxygen unit'.
I was lugging my Brompton!!! ageism running rampant in the halls of academe. tom horton On Monday, April 1, 2019 at 6:03:14 PM UTC-4, Deacon Patrick 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.
