This morning, I was up early and at the laundromat before 10am. If you were to judge me by the clothing I had on, you would think I was half-a-step above a psych patient off his meds that would not be out of place preaching the gospel to a recycling bin somewhere in the East Village.
I walked the block to do my laundry, and much to my surprise the place was almost empty. Usually Sunday mornings at the laundromat is a exercise in extreme patience. Usually, I want to start shoving irritable (irritating) old ladies into the jumbo washer and lock it permanently on spin.
This morning, two women that are what the hideous little creatures from the Jersey Shore reality show will someday become were putting clothes into the dryer.
One woman was tatooed to Jesus and the other was so skinny I could see her heartbeat through her chest.
Miss Skinny says, "Oh yeah. You know I am taking tai chi and the instructor is like a master. And he is tall for a CHINAMAN, like 5'10". And you know, those people can, like, just kill you. But he's really nice."
And that, ladies and Chinamen, is the One Liner of the Week.
I think anytime someone uses the term "those people" they are candidates for the one liner of the week I and that's being very kind.
ReplyDeleteLast week a coworker told another coworker "your people are shrewd" whilst relaying a story about her child getting caught doing something wrong whereas his Jewish friend did not get caught.