Friday, September 12, 2008

Random Thoughts

1. What is the story behind that one shoe on the highway?

2. Who coined the phrase, "coin a phrase?"

3. I think stop signs should say TAP N GO.

4. I should accept the fact that I won't find the size battery I need when I need it.

5. Yesterday was grocery shopping. I forgot my bags, a quarter and my list.

9 comments:

K and/or K said...

I found one shoe yesterday and foudn myself daydreaming a story of how it landed there. A woman's dress shoe, not some random adolescent male sneaker. That made for a more interesting day dream.

blackbelt said...

There's actually a korean horror movie about a lost pair of shoes. OK, it was a pair, not a single. But still. It was red and they made you bleed.

Oh and BTW, I think it was originally "coign," not "coin" as in quarters and nickels. A coign used to be a block that printers used to keep the images/letters in place, so I'm thinking it has something to do with locking in a text..or phrase?

erin said...

In reference to number 5--did you have enough money??

Anonymous said...

I'm using blackbelt's 'coign' explanation next time we play Balderdash. I think I'll fool everyone.

I like the TAP & GO.

So, on groceries, did you get more, or less, than you would've with your list, cart, bags and spare shoe?
Oh, wait a minute....

Carla said...

Oma,
Smart girl!! I shall tuck that away in the far corner of my mind...like memories I guess.

Erin and Karla,
I drove back home. Found the bags, a quarter and grabbed the list. Just another day in paradise.

K and/or K,
Hi you!! Thanks for stopping by. I should write a story for every lonely shoe on the road. That would be a lot of stories.

blackbelt said...

I think the shoe stories would be great.

blackbelt said...

OK this is the 2nd time you referred to a quarter. Why the heck do you need a quarter to go grocery shopping??

Carla said...

Aldi has a cart rental for a quarter. :)

Anonymous said...

A quarter to rent a cart? Never heard of such a thing. I don't shop at Aldi either.

Shoes. Have you ever looked up and seen a pair of gym shoes, laces tied together, flung over a telephone wire? Very funny. This happened outside my daughter's school. The shoes were there for 2 years before someone decided to take them down.