OVERHEARD AT DINNER
"I'm sorry to bother you, but is that the yellow curry? It smells fantastic."
The Boy and I were sitting down in a booth at a local hole-in-the-wall Thai restaurant. And I wanted what she was having. So I asked. The older woman at the next table smiled and nodded.
"It is fantastic! But it's not the yellow... it's called 'Gang Bang' or something. Though, hmmm.... that doesn't sound right."
She was not making light. For the entire exchange, her face remained unchanged, totally placid, as though to say, "Gang bang is a perfectly natural name for a spicy curry dish." I turned to my menu and quickly shot a raised-eyebrow WTF look at The Dork Lord who mouthed, "Gang bang?" before going back to his list of exotic beer. Giving the menu a one-over, I located the intoxicating smelling dish.
"I think you mean Gang Dang?"
"Yes, that's it!"
The woman smiled again and went back to her food, and I turned back to our table thinking one, that I was glad I didn't have to order a gang bang, because seriously, I wasn't sure I had it in me. And two, old people these days.
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