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Pickup fail

I’m looking at furniture at Wal-Mart while wearing my work clothes1 when this odd looking guy walks by me. He looks either mentally handicapped, high, or both…so of course he stops and talks to me.
Goon: “Hey, you work here?”
Me: “Uh…no.”
Goon: “What’s THAT then?”
Me: “Oh, my work badge from my actual job.”
Goon: “Oh, have you been to the club2 across the street?”
Me: “Yeah…”
Goon: “Will I see you there tonight?”
Me thinking: NO NO NO

Me: “Uh… maybe.”
Maybe is Minnesotan for “oh hell no.”


1 gray slacks, argyle sweater, black shoes. 2 He’s referring to Townhouse, St. Paul’s oldest gay bar…conveniently located across the street from Wal-Mart.

9 Comments

  • me
    May 6, 2009 at 10:01 pm

    gay bar across the street from Walmart? Never thought I would read that sentence anywhere…

    Reply
  • Jansen
    May 6, 2009 at 10:17 pm

    Welcome to Minnesota!

    Reply
  • Huma
    May 7, 2009 at 12:26 am

    I’m with ‘me’ up there. 😛

    Also, LOVE the new header! Liked the old one, too, but the new picture of you is adorable. Quit law school, man, go into web design!! 😀

    Reply
  • Andy Cowan
    May 7, 2009 at 7:01 am

    Hey there–found you from ATL, love the blog! Curious, what plugin are you using for footnotes? I’ve always wanted to blog with footnotes… (No really, I started blogging in law school… I need footnotes!)

    Reply
  • Jansen
    May 7, 2009 at 9:29 am

    I’m not using a plugin. Just basic html.

    To make a footnote, just use this template:

    This is the sentence with the footnote.<sup>1</sup> And this is the rest of the post.

    <hr>
    <sup>1</sup> this is the footnote.

    The HR is the line break.

    Reply
  • molly
    May 7, 2009 at 10:46 am

    The midwest is so weird sometimes…

    Reply
  • Andy Cowan
    May 7, 2009 at 3:23 pm

    Ah, thanks for the tip! That’s not quite as elegant as some of the WP footnote plugins I’ve seen, but also much lighter-weight!

    Reply
  • B.
    May 7, 2009 at 9:03 pm

    Lol! You’d think i’d be shocked actually reading your convo, but where I live i’ve had weirder conversations.

    Reply

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