A Befuddled Mind: Randomness Friday

Church
Recently I was walking out of the car for church, and it was drizzling. I man had an umbrella up, and a woman was trying to do the same. He commented, "Wow, that's a big umbrella." Her reply, "The size won't matter if I can't get it up."

All I could do was giggle to myself. I nearly said something rude. In a church parking lot. Certainly Satan¹ was tempting me.

In a Mexican Restaurant
Okay, I will admit it. I eat at Mexican restaurants in Georgia. I feel sort of bad about it because it seems weird. Sort of like I should not be eating at them because I am so far from Mexico. Were I in Texas – that would be better. Chinese restaurants are different. I know I am half-way around the globe from China, but it does not seem as weird.

I was eating in a Mexican restaurant with my hubbie recently, and there were three extremely attractive women at the next booth. We could not see them, but we could here them. They were talking about their recent VS² purchases – bras and how they made their boobs look good – and talking about men's penises. I don't remember talking about these subjects eating nachos and waiting for the waiter to take my order.

Television
I want a new television. Not often, but our television (yes, we have one) is sort of old. Since we don't watch much television, we really don't need a new one, but in the last 5 years they have looked really cool. They are slim, have a great picture and seem so "James Bond"-y.

Virginia Tech
I have not been watching/listening to the news, partly because I don't want to know more about Virginia Tech. I sort of feel bad about it, but not really. I empathize really easily, and I just don't want to go through the emotions. Once the media's feeding frenzy is over, I think I will think more about this tragedy.

Chocolate
Please don't take this as sacrilegious (it is, but don't take it that way), but I was thinking about how new religions are formed. What I don't understand is that for many Christians, we have some form of communion³ – and the food is normally some sort of wafer. If I was coming up with a new religion, I would probably replace wafer with chocolate. Not really, but what a marketing campaign. The downside would be that you would need towelettes after communion. Oh, and another downside is that chocolate is not really supported in religious writings I have read.

Sounds
There are certain sounds I really miss. One of them, I thought about today, is the dot matrix printer. For those of you too young to remember dot matrix printers – too bad. They are sort of like 8-track tape players. Something that was left in the 80s because they were really not a great item, but we did not have better stuff. If I was writing an SAT question, I would say:

8-Track Players : Audio CDs :: Dot Matrix Printers :

(A) Guttenberg Printing Press
(B) Pens
(C) Laser Printers
(D) Princess Leah

The correct answer, of course, is C. Remember learning that a colon (:) means "is to" and two colons (::) means "as". Who came up with this? Somebody at Princeton, I would guess.

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¹I don't think it is a coincidence that Satan and satin are so close in spelling. I misspell Satan all of the time. Satin is a sinfully delicious fabric.

²VS = Victoria's Secret. I used to shop there a lot, but not so much anymore. Guess I am getting older, so I don't plan on wearing "something special" for a sexual rendezvous. I always thought their panties were sub-standard, and would not last a good three washings, and their bras while they look nice, are not really made to be warn for more than a little while. Good for them that their bras usually fly off the woman within minutes of being seen. Coincidence? Probably not.

³Communion is either a sacrament or a symbol, depending on the flavor of religion you practice.