October 20, 2009
Sparkling Conversation
Terry, Billi and I drove home from Door County on Sunday afternoon. Well, we started in the afternoon -- right after lunch, in fact -- but then we stopped for antiques. And pumpkins. And fudge. And a resale shop.
By the time we got south of Green Bay, the road was suddenly packed. And I do mean PACKed, as I noticed a lot of green and gold attire in the cars surrounding us. Anticipating a lot of stop-n-go traffic, we stopped to fill up the tank.
There was a nice-looking young man in a Packers jersey, drinking a Pepsi, so I went over and talked to him. (I know -- I hate and fear all people, and yet I have no qualms about walking up to random strangers and asking them questions. I don't understand it myself, but it's true. I'll talk to strangers in the check-out line, strangers in an elevator, strangers in the car next to me. My phobias are very selective and follow a complex set of rules. But that's a whoooooooole other blog.)
PW: Excuse me! Was there a Packers game today?
Packers Fan: Yup.
PW: Ohhhhh. Did it just let out?
PF: Yup.
PW: So all this traffic is Milwaukee Packers fans going home?
PF: Yup.
PW: So it'll be backed up for a while then?
PF: Yup.
PW: Okay. Thanks!
PF: Probably an hour.
Holy crap! Multiple syllables from a Packers fan to a F.I.B.*! I was quite honored, especially since the mound of pumpkins, shopping bags and bakery boxes, piled well above the bottom edge of the car windows, signaled that we were probably not on our way home from the Packers game.
Once we'd been in the car for a while after that, we discovered that the several-mile back-up wasn't due to the Packers fans. Indeed, they were in just as big a hurry to get home as we were.
No, the back-up was a gapers block, due to the car on its side, in a ditch. Terry goes, "Do you think alcohol was involved?"
I really hope the car had Wisconsin plates. I don't need any help purpetuating the F.I.B. stereotype.
* Fucking Illinois Bastard.
Comments
Who ARE you?!?! You don't talk to strangers! Hell, you don't even like talking to people you KNOW!
Posted by: Billi at October 23, 2009 10:42 AM