I stopped in at my local convenience store/gas station today. As I stood at the counter, preparing to pay for my purchases, I was approached by an elderly man. He was seventy if he was a day, wearing an oversized jacket and a grin that said if he had any teeth, they were still sitting on his nightstand somewhere. He got up close, leaned casually on the counter, and in a manner reminiscent of a flasher whipped open his jacket. What the hell? And lo, he was wearing a black T-shirt with huge white lettering that said:
SATAN SUCKS
Then he began to giggle. And giggle, and utter that particular sort of guffaw that is usually the demesne of the Special Needs kid. I was utterly nonplussed.
"Well! How about that. That's a very...straightforward shirt." Okay, so I had no idea what to say. And I don't believe in Satan. And I certainly don't want to get into a theological discussion with an eccentric guffawing stranger. He continued to simply stand there, looking expectantly at me and grinning, while I completed my transaction, then I bid him farewell and left. As I got into my car, I found that I was grinning myself.
I thought, if that wasn't a blog moment, I don't know what is. And to tell the truth, I didn't mind a bit. It was an interesting moment in an otherwise ordinary day.
SATAN SUCKS
Then he began to giggle. And giggle, and utter that particular sort of guffaw that is usually the demesne of the Special Needs kid. I was utterly nonplussed.
"Well! How about that. That's a very...straightforward shirt." Okay, so I had no idea what to say. And I don't believe in Satan. And I certainly don't want to get into a theological discussion with an eccentric guffawing stranger. He continued to simply stand there, looking expectantly at me and grinning, while I completed my transaction, then I bid him farewell and left. As I got into my car, I found that I was grinning myself.
I thought, if that wasn't a blog moment, I don't know what is. And to tell the truth, I didn't mind a bit. It was an interesting moment in an otherwise ordinary day.
