Smile

We usually walk around so absorbed by our own thoughts, which in general are not the most uplifting ones, that when we face some "stranger" that smiles openly looking at us in the eyes we get surprised.

It happened to me recently at the supermarket, and then I found this bumper sticker.

This is the quite the opposite of an annoyance and therefore worth mentioning here

Lady luck

My father used to say..."One should always leave a door open for good luck to step in..." So following his advice, I went to buy a lottery ticket at the supermarket yesterday. In front of me was a lady who was buying several tickets from several games for different people. She also had tickets from past draws that needed to be checked.

The young man at the lotto machine evidently couldn't register all the different requests at once and got totally confused.

One of the tickets he checked had won $4.00 that had to be added to the amount of money used to buy new tickets. Some of the money had to be applied to two different groups of tickets in two different games.

After 10 minutes trying to figure out all the different operations he had to do, the customer was about to jump on the counter and and kick the machine (and the the guy), and he would look at her with crossed eyes.

So, very patiently the lady broke down the operation in one-single-order segments and was finally able to get her tickets.

I guess it wasn't my lucky day. I waited in line all that time and lady luck decided to pass me by.

Schmack, schmack...

I get really irritated by the open-mouth, bubble-popping, gum chewing people

Schmack, schmack...

A vestige of evolution

Until today I never thought about the similarities between a tie and my pinky-toe.
They're both good for nothing. A tie is the only piece of menswear that doesn't have a function but to get in your soup. Your pinky-toe serves no purpose other than get caught by the bed frame leg, or a cabinet corner.

Ouch!!!!!!

Evolution hasn't gone far enough yet to get rid of either one. Some fashionistas say that a tie is the only piece or wardrobe that expresses a man's personality. Do you agree?

My pinky-toe has a lot of personality since it broke in a crash against a door edge.

#%€^*!!!

Does it make sense???

Lately I’ve been fascinated with our need to communicate without words our views on politics, religion, sexual preference, social and moral issues, financial and social status, family composition, etc. I guess this is nothing new, since from the beginning of times ancient cultures used body decorations, garments, and accessories to establish their position in their society weather it was their cast, their share of power or their civil status.

Nowadays we do it using our bodies (tattoos), our clothing (showing off the brand), our homes (see Mc. Mansions) and especially our cars.

I want to start a section in my blog presenting the most interesting messages that we see in cars. Therefore I’d like to request from you, my reader, to e-mail me your pictures of some of the bumper stickers and/or plaques you see around in cars. Notice also, what brands have the more signs (most Mercedes, Jaguars, or Bentleys don’t have any. Why?)

It’s very easy, just get close (but not too close) pull your phone and click. Remember, don’t text and drive….

See for instance this picture:

Does it make sense?

Defying Gravity

I think it's fortunately a dissappearing trend, however when I see pants defying gravity I can't help but wondering why is there a need to show the underwear and Walk like a Geisha, with small steps so that the pants don't just fall freely on the floor.

I miss suspenders...

Say what...?

It really bothers me when someone calls my machine and leaves me an impossible to understand message that I have to play over and over again to try and figure out what it was that he or she wanted.

So, here are my rules for effective voice messaging:

- Greeting (good morning, or afternoon)
- Identify yourself (my name is so and so)
- Say your message concisely and slowly (don't just keep a conversation with yourself)

blah, blah, blah, blah....
- leave your name again and your phone number
- I usually repeat the phone number to make sure the person gets it

And don't think that I'm obsessive-compulsive. It only seems that way...