Sidney Carton's Rant of the Evening, or why Mrs. Carton need never fear that I will stray

[SidneyCarton]

To begin with, I must admit that I'm an awkward and unimpressive sight in public, and as such I rarely interact much with the people around me, unless the other person opens the conversation. That said as I went to the supermarket this evening, I must have been feeling exceedingly clever, because I actually decided to make a joke to the checkout girl. At the local market they are asking for $1.00 donations to the American Heart Association. Now the Checker's name was Charity (remember this, it's important.) So, when she asked if I could make a donation (I couldn't, money's kinda tight) I responded:

"Fancy that, a girl with a name like yours, asking me something like that."

To which I received a blank stare. The girl behind me, who was an off duty worker at the grocery store, responded to me:

"I have a fancy name too." And indeed she did, which I admitted, yet I stated that her name did not work with my pun. At that point I got two blank stares.

So in exasperation I explained that the fact that a girl named Charity asked me to make a donation was funny. Finally I got some awkward laughs, and a smile. And my father wonders why I never flirted much in High School :eyes:

Anyhow, Mrs. Carton needn't worry about a possible wandering eye on my part, I seem to be to irredeemably weird for that to ever be a problem.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. My dear SidneyCarton...

You must have done something right, to win your wife...