Thursday, October 8, 2009

Day 18 Motorcycle Miscommunication

Remember the glass shop from Day 3? Well, this is what we purchased. We made it to our weekend place in Lobelville where Sid installed our new windchimes on the back deck. I'm heading to our home in Somerville tomorrow, then back to the office the next day.

I wanted to share a few things from our trip that I thought might be of interest.

MISCOMMUNICATIONS
[We're on the bike on a mountain, going fast, wearing helmets.]
Gail: "That's an unusual car, what is it?"
Sid: "It's called a 'Can-Am.'"
Gail: "Canned ham?"
Sid: "Yes, Can-Am."
Gail: "Strange name. It doesn't look like a canned ham. Is the weird name about the shape of the car?"
Sid (yelling): C-A-N. A-M!
Gail: "Oh..."

[We're on the bike in Winchester, Tennessee, riding through town with a lot of traffic, wearing helmets.]
Sid: "What's the name of this street?"
Gail: "Dinah Shore Boulevard."
Sid: "Dinosaur Boulevard?"
Gail: "Yes."
Sid: "Why would they name it that? Did they find..."
Gail (interrupting): "Well, she was a celebrity in the 1950s & 1960s, maybe she is from Winchester."
Sid: "...bones around here?"
Gail: "Bones? What bones?"
Sid: "Dinosaur bones."
Gail: "Whaaaat?"

Stay tuned. In my next post I will unveil the magic behind the "motorcycle mytique."

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