Day: November 11, 2006

Steal the Check

How to pick up someone’s bill when they are too polite to let you.

This evening I went out to eat with a friend, but wanted to pick up his bill, and was pretty sure he wasn’t going to let me. So, I devised a clever way to get his bill out of his hands without lying — it just required deception.

I looked down at my own bill and got a confused look, then looked over at his.

“Uh, I think I have yours…” and started to hand him my unsigned bill.

Right as he went to hand his to me, I retracted my bill, took his, and handed both to the waitress. “Yup, I’ve got yours.” And with a nod, the waitress ran off.

Come Upstairs…

My four year old nephew sneaks down to whisper something in my ear…

Visited my four year old nephew this evening, but while I was there he was sent up to clean his room.

I took the opportunity to converse with the adults while fixing a laptop computer so that Flash would work with Firefox.

My nephew snuck downstairs and motioned me over covertly so he could whisper in my ear: “When I get done, you need to come upstairs and play with me, not working on my dad’s laptop doing something you find interesting…”

Albino Boa

My tail of touching an eight foot albino boa constrictor.

Went into a small town store today and upon the counter, uncaged, was a live 8 foot albino boa with a 5″ diameter stretched out that was a brilliant yellow and white. The snake’s owner was holding the head and had a portion of it wrapped around his arm.

While I’m not much on snakes, it was actually quite pretty to look at.

Apparently the snake has been his pet ever since it was small enough to hold in the palm of his hand. He was quite proud of it, and even let me hold the body portion. It was about 40 pounds, and felt like a loose lump of meat in a plasticly container. The skin wasn’t slimy at all.

It was the first time I’ve ever touched a snake. Ever.

Fascinated, I made the mistake of asking a question which shattered my growing compassion: “How much food does he eat?”

“One bunny a week.”