fuzzy memory
memories of Sunday evening heavily distorted by the best part of a bottle of white wine consumed that evening:
Wendy: whines about the lack of attractive approachable single men in their 40′s
Snewtee: positive suggestion ‘what about those 2 over there?’
Wendy: Oh, ok (bounces in a slurred fashion towards two men. Introduced myself… …somehow)
Man #1: physically recoils
Man #2: giggles and introduces me to his wife.
Wendy: something about David Beckham scoring an outstanding goal from 25 yards against Ecuador today followed by singing ‘Eng-GER-land’ and waving my arms in the air. Aren’t you impressed by my skills for engaging the locals in conversation?
Man #1: several more steps backward
Man #2: more giggles
Wife: ignores the goings-on
Wendy: something along the lines of ‘it’s been nice chatting with you, bye’ shakes the hands of man #2 and man #1 (who appears to have relaxed now he’s realised I’m leaving).
Must remember to moderate drinking in the sunshine and try not scare the locals….
June 28th, 2006
do I need to ask if the duo wearing khaki cargo’s? The sports conversation on english footballers works best on the english boys. Looks like you’ll have to broaden your talk to boy topics to catch someone in khakis.
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