IĂÂm sitting in Southern California today in sunny 70-80 degree temperatures, while my hometown in Nova Scotia gets pounded with 2-3 feet of snow. Sitting across from Disneyland I figured I had it made, until I realized there isnĂÂt a Starbucks or other suitable coffee shop within miles of where I am.
Sometimes there are a series of commercials that I look forward to watchingââŹâmy latest are the guys from Guinness. These guys are just hilarious. These two guys are like paper stick figures that just move their arms up and downââŹâone of the guys comes up with the ideas and the other guy just repeats what the first did and says ââŹĹBRILLIANT!ââŹÂ
The latest one I saw went something like this:
First guy: ââŹĹI figured out how to carry six beer at once.ââŹÂ
Second guy: ââŹĹCarry six beer at once? BRILLIANT!
The second guy takes out all six beer and starts to drink them all.
FG: ââŹĹI donââŹâ˘t think it would be good to drink all six beer at once.ââŹÂ
SG: ââŹĹNot drink all six beer at once? BRILLIANT!
These guys are funny. I looked for the commercials online, but couldnââŹâ˘t find them.
I was writing a story last night and decided to take a break and watch CSI: Miami and have something to eat. Twenty minutes before the show started, I grabbed a few dollars and headed to the McDonaldââŹâ˘s close to my hotel in Anaheim. Seems pretty harmless doesnââŹâ˘t it?
After I ordered my food in the packed restaurant, I noticed a draftââŹâa rather uncomfortable draft considering the restaurant was full of people coming back from their day at Disney and probably didnââŹâ˘t want to see a grown man with his zipper down.
There was no way I could very cooly reach down and zip up, so I pulled my shirt down as best I could and figured I could take care of it when I got outside. That would have worked perfectly except for the bag of food and large coke occupying both of my hands. No problem, I was at the register closest to the door and could sneak out into the darkness of Southern California unnoticed.
Ah, but there was another problem. As I walked out of McDonaldââŹâ˘s and briskly across the parking lot, a group of three families were walking down the sidewalk. Despite my best efforts to beat them to the corner, I didnââŹâ˘t and ended up behind them in a very well lit section of the sidewalk. I calmly placed the bag of food in front of me, saving anyone noticing my open zipper.
ItââŹâ˘s at this moment I noticed something else.
While in the room working I had taken off my belt. My new pants, being a little big started to sag unformatably. So what do you do? Let your pants fall down? Pull up your zipper? Run screaming like some lunatic?
No, I just walked funny with a thumb in my belt loop, a bag of McDonaldââŹâ˘s food over my zipper and cursed my craving for some fries.
My last day in San Francisco, you think I’d be out walking around doing something productive, but I just can’t.
Another year, another Macworld Expo San Francisco. Damn this show was busy — in fact, it was the busiest Macworld I’ve seen in several years.
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