Ever Looked Totally Absurd?
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I think most people have at some point in their lives been in a situation where they just simply looked ridiculous. I know I have.
When I was in college I shared an apartment with some friends. It was pretty much party central in town. We didn't even have a key to the place, We kept a paint scraper on the window sill beside the door and used that to slip the lock. Naturally all of our friends knew it was there and what it was for. Basically the place was a zoo. Sometimes literally.
We had been having a problem with some kind of animal getting into the kitchen for a while. We all assumed it was a rat. One night I decided it was time to deal with the problem. When I heard the animal in the kitchen I went in with the intention of dispatching the offending rodent. As I switched on the light I caught a glimpse of a very large, long tail as the animal made it's escape. Good grief that was the largest rat I had ever seen!
The following night I was ready for our unwelcome guest. I had taken the broom and taped my knife to the end of it in a kind of makeshift spear. Ok, keep in mind I was a dumb college student. While in bed I heard our guest rattling around in the kitchen again. I jumped out of bed, threw on my robe, grabbed my homemade spear and, as a last thought, put on my boots.
Now at this point you just have to imagine a guy in his very early 20s wearing a ratty bathrobe, boots, and carrying a spear while stalkling through an apartment. In retrospect it was quite hilarious and my roomates at the time thought so as well.
I did get the animal. It turned out to be an oppossum. But it took me a while to live down the stories of the Great White Hunter in his bathrobe.
So JU, have you had any moments when you looked totally absurd?
When I was in college I shared an apartment with some friends. It was pretty much party central in town. We didn't even have a key to the place, We kept a paint scraper on the window sill beside the door and used that to slip the lock. Naturally all of our friends knew it was there and what it was for. Basically the place was a zoo. Sometimes literally.
We had been having a problem with some kind of animal getting into the kitchen for a while. We all assumed it was a rat. One night I decided it was time to deal with the problem. When I heard the animal in the kitchen I went in with the intention of dispatching the offending rodent. As I switched on the light I caught a glimpse of a very large, long tail as the animal made it's escape. Good grief that was the largest rat I had ever seen!
The following night I was ready for our unwelcome guest. I had taken the broom and taped my knife to the end of it in a kind of makeshift spear. Ok, keep in mind I was a dumb college student. While in bed I heard our guest rattling around in the kitchen again. I jumped out of bed, threw on my robe, grabbed my homemade spear and, as a last thought, put on my boots.
Now at this point you just have to imagine a guy in his very early 20s wearing a ratty bathrobe, boots, and carrying a spear while stalkling through an apartment. In retrospect it was quite hilarious and my roomates at the time thought so as well.
I did get the animal. It turned out to be an oppossum. But it took me a while to live down the stories of the Great White Hunter in his bathrobe.
So JU, have you had any moments when you looked totally absurd?
...now that you could send to Reader's Digest, or any publication that accepts humorous stories! 
