Post by Larry on Oct 18, 2004 23:23:16 GMT -5
So here I am, sittin' outside the local Starbucks havin' a cup of coffee, doin' a little people watching, and listening to my iPod, and it's a great afternoon and life is good. Then I notice a college student sitting nearby drawing something on a small sketchpad. I don't try to take note of what he's drawing, but it starts me thinking about caricatures and how some of them really get me laughing but good. So as I'm listening to the tunes and groovin' pretty good I start mulling through my mind some of the caricatures I've seen on this board, when I think of this one by Masonogy1:
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All of a sudden I bust out laughing and I get all self conscious because I know everyone around me is wondering what the heck I'm laughing about. After all, it can't be because I'm talking to someone on my cell phone; they all know the difference between an iPod headset and a cell phone headset, right? It was bad enough when they saw me groovin' in the chair and tapping my foot in time with the music that only I could hear, now they have to see and hear me laughing like a lunatic. So I try to stifle myself, and it works for a few seconds or so, but then I bust out laughing again, which is only adding fuel to the fire! Now I pretend that I'm listening not to music but some kind of humorous audio, like a comedy record or something, and I'm really hamming it up by furiously pressing buttons on the iPod's remote control, in the hopes of convincing the passers-by that I'm rewinding back to the "funny part". This cycle went on for another minute or so, but it seemed like an hour. So I decide to bite the bullet and leave the scene, all the while busting out every few seconds as I pass each little shop in the strip mall. You can't put a price on that kind of self amusement. So, thanks Masonogy1, and thank-you one and all.
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All of a sudden I bust out laughing and I get all self conscious because I know everyone around me is wondering what the heck I'm laughing about. After all, it can't be because I'm talking to someone on my cell phone; they all know the difference between an iPod headset and a cell phone headset, right? It was bad enough when they saw me groovin' in the chair and tapping my foot in time with the music that only I could hear, now they have to see and hear me laughing like a lunatic. So I try to stifle myself, and it works for a few seconds or so, but then I bust out laughing again, which is only adding fuel to the fire! Now I pretend that I'm listening not to music but some kind of humorous audio, like a comedy record or something, and I'm really hamming it up by furiously pressing buttons on the iPod's remote control, in the hopes of convincing the passers-by that I'm rewinding back to the "funny part". This cycle went on for another minute or so, but it seemed like an hour. So I decide to bite the bullet and leave the scene, all the while busting out every few seconds as I pass each little shop in the strip mall. You can't put a price on that kind of self amusement. So, thanks Masonogy1, and thank-you one and all.
