Barack Obama

I thought you were talking about Obama.

Of course, you could go to bed early and get a good night's sleep, just thinking sweet thought about how sweet it is going to be next year after we take back the House of Representatives this election.

Myself, I like to sit up late into the night and sip so much hot chocolate that my throat becomes totally coated with undissolved hot chocolate powder until is completely gummed up to the point that I can no longer breathe except through my mouth!

Do you want to hear something funny that happened from where I work today?

One of our older customers came in to order some parts.
He's about 66 years old, and he just recently retired, and he is a real kick in the pants, a great guy.
So, I was kind of shocked when he told me that he was a little offended by what one of the other salesmen had said to him last week.
He was serious, so I played it straight, and I said to him, "who was it, what did they say to you?"
I really paid close attention to what he was saying because he is such a good customer and is such a nice guy.

So then, he told me that he had come in to the shop earlier last week when one of the 2 saleswomen were here.
He told me that when he walked in that she had asked him how he was today.
He responded by saying, "I'm above grass", making a sort of dark, humorous comment about still being alive.
You know, because he's getting so old that he retired a few months ago.
And so then she answered back, "Well, not for long."

I looked at him in astonishment that he would tell me that anyone would make such a mean comment like that to him since he is such a nice guy.
So then I said, "She said what? Which one?"
And then he started chuckling.

He told me that he had responded to her comment by asking her if there was something that she knew about him that he didn't know about himself.
He said that was when she acted really confused, and so she asked him what he was talking about.

As it turns out, she had thought that he had told her that he was "cutting the grass" . . instead of stating that he was still above grass.
I cracked up because she's about 36 years old, and is really friendly.
She's very sharp and on the ball most of the time.
So, for her to mistakingly say something about him dying soon was just too much for both of us.
Of course, she was referring to the fact that it's getting colder here, and that having to mow our lawns is almost over for another season.

That customer told me that he laughed to himself every time he thought about her remark for the rest of that day.