January 14, 2009
Gun Shopping and Inappropriate Conversations
Yesterday, I went to look at shotguns with my Mom for sporting clay shooting. Guns are expensive. Real expensive. Depends on how much hand engraving, hand built, etc. you want.
I am wandering around this store looking at all the heads mounted on the walls and pictures from people’s safaris that had been sent in. Feeling somewhat “Out of Africa”. I turn around and the owner is zoning in on my Mom. I watched him check out that she does not wear a wedding ring. I watched him check her out.
And then when she tells him the story about how my Dad sold all of my great-grandfather’s guns years ago he says the most special line ever. “And then you got rid of him too.”
Now I know he only said this because she was not wearing a ring. But I got to jump in and flatly say, “No, he died.”
That will always make people take a step back.
So inappropriate!
Where do people get off? I would have loved to have seen his reaction to your comment.
He jumped back. It was really funny. Plus, I had this look of “I gotcha” on my face. So my mom is still laughing about the whole thing.
Unbelievable, really unbelievable. It never ceases to amaze me.
Your comeback line is the best tho’, good for you!
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I left you a little something on Coterie today