Things that make you go hmmm
As mentioned previously, Yes Dear and I went to St. Augustine to celebrate our second year of marriage. While there, we thought it would be fun to take a boat ride around the city and see the various locations of interest.
Unfortunately, due to the threat of rain the night before, we also wanted to take a carriage ride around the city (it's romantic, plus we learned some of the history of the United States' oldest city). Well, after dinner, we decided we'd do the carriage ride first and then take the sunset cruise.
Well, the carriage ride was very nice. We saw the Castillo de San Marcos, a replica of the original city wall, the oldest home remaining inside the city and other cool stuff.
Then, it was off to the boat ride. We should have known things weren't going to be all that great when there were only 10 people on board, including the crew of the boat. Add to that the fact that it was overcast and therefore sunset consisted of seeing clouds and then not seeing the clouds and you've got a less than romantic evening.
On top of that, all the places they took us to see were poorly lit, meaning we were seeing the outline of a few buildings, but otherwise, we couldn't see diddly squat.
However, the trip wasn't a total waste of time. On the boat with us were three teenage girls vacationing with someone's mom. Well, as teenage girls tend to do when they're bored, they began talking. At first, I tried to be polite and not listen in on their conversation and that worked for a while, but eventually they started playing "would you rather?" I'm sure all of you know, but for those living under a rock (or in Kansas . . . more on that later), the game consists of someone throwing two names out there and then you deciding which one you'd rather sleep with.
They started off with the basic movie stars (Tom Cruise or George Clooney). Routine stuff that wasn't all that entertaining (though apparently these girls agree with the rest of society that Cruise has gone off the deep end as all three went with Clooney.)
Soon, musicians entered the discussion, including one suggestion that I thought odd at the time, Rod Stewart (apparently he's popular with the young ladies today . . . who knew?) As is often the case with teenage girls (or women, in general, for that matter), things started to venture towards the silly side after 10-15 minutes of this.
And then I heard it. What, I thought, was the most asinine "would you rather" proposal ever devised by the mind of modern woman. "Would you rather . . . Kenny G or Michael Bolton?" Try to wrap your mind around that. The king of the soprano saxophone or the king of the receding hairline.
Truly, there are no winners when it comes to that. And like a cheesy television promo . . . "But wait, there's more."
After we got off the boat, we were all walking along the street back to the touristy area and the game continued. I can't remember who else was involved, but the name Michael Jackson came up for discussion.
No up to this point, I'd actually done a good job of not interjecting, even commenting to Yes Dear how I wanted to say something, but didn't. But this was the last straw. I turned around and said "Did you seriously just say Michael Jackson?" Sadly, they admitted that he was, in fact, one of the options.
I weep for our country's future.
Random Political Observation: Kansas (see, I told you we'd get back to Kansas) has taken a step towards teaching Intelligent Design in their schools. From what I can gather, Intelligent Design is essentially "yep, it's complicated. We don't know how it happened, so there must be a designer who is Intelligent who did it."
I'd so ace that test.
Cubs Update: After losing their eighth straight game today, the fat lady is warming her vocal cords and set to make an appearance any day now. About five games into this losing streak, Yes Dear (who only became a fan of the Cubs because of me and has only followed the team for two seasons, both of which were successful) turned to me and asked "Is this how it usually happens?" to which I replied, "yep, this is how it usually happens."
Link of the Week: Ireland has all the fun.
On Deck: Grab bag of fun (that means I don't know yet)
Next Update: Friday or Saturday, hopefully.
Unfortunately, due to the threat of rain the night before, we also wanted to take a carriage ride around the city (it's romantic, plus we learned some of the history of the United States' oldest city). Well, after dinner, we decided we'd do the carriage ride first and then take the sunset cruise.
Well, the carriage ride was very nice. We saw the Castillo de San Marcos, a replica of the original city wall, the oldest home remaining inside the city and other cool stuff.
Then, it was off to the boat ride. We should have known things weren't going to be all that great when there were only 10 people on board, including the crew of the boat. Add to that the fact that it was overcast and therefore sunset consisted of seeing clouds and then not seeing the clouds and you've got a less than romantic evening.
On top of that, all the places they took us to see were poorly lit, meaning we were seeing the outline of a few buildings, but otherwise, we couldn't see diddly squat.
However, the trip wasn't a total waste of time. On the boat with us were three teenage girls vacationing with someone's mom. Well, as teenage girls tend to do when they're bored, they began talking. At first, I tried to be polite and not listen in on their conversation and that worked for a while, but eventually they started playing "would you rather?" I'm sure all of you know, but for those living under a rock (or in Kansas . . . more on that later), the game consists of someone throwing two names out there and then you deciding which one you'd rather sleep with.
They started off with the basic movie stars (Tom Cruise or George Clooney). Routine stuff that wasn't all that entertaining (though apparently these girls agree with the rest of society that Cruise has gone off the deep end as all three went with Clooney.)
Soon, musicians entered the discussion, including one suggestion that I thought odd at the time, Rod Stewart (apparently he's popular with the young ladies today . . . who knew?) As is often the case with teenage girls (or women, in general, for that matter), things started to venture towards the silly side after 10-15 minutes of this.
And then I heard it. What, I thought, was the most asinine "would you rather" proposal ever devised by the mind of modern woman. "Would you rather . . . Kenny G or Michael Bolton?" Try to wrap your mind around that. The king of the soprano saxophone or the king of the receding hairline.
Truly, there are no winners when it comes to that. And like a cheesy television promo . . . "But wait, there's more."
After we got off the boat, we were all walking along the street back to the touristy area and the game continued. I can't remember who else was involved, but the name Michael Jackson came up for discussion.
No up to this point, I'd actually done a good job of not interjecting, even commenting to Yes Dear how I wanted to say something, but didn't. But this was the last straw. I turned around and said "Did you seriously just say Michael Jackson?" Sadly, they admitted that he was, in fact, one of the options.
I weep for our country's future.
Random Political Observation: Kansas (see, I told you we'd get back to Kansas) has taken a step towards teaching Intelligent Design in their schools. From what I can gather, Intelligent Design is essentially "yep, it's complicated. We don't know how it happened, so there must be a designer who is Intelligent who did it."
I'd so ace that test.
Cubs Update: After losing their eighth straight game today, the fat lady is warming her vocal cords and set to make an appearance any day now. About five games into this losing streak, Yes Dear (who only became a fan of the Cubs because of me and has only followed the team for two seasons, both of which were successful) turned to me and asked "Is this how it usually happens?" to which I replied, "yep, this is how it usually happens."
Link of the Week: Ireland has all the fun.
On Deck: Grab bag of fun (that means I don't know yet)
Next Update: Friday or Saturday, hopefully.
posted by Luke at 10:37 PM
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