Sell It To Your Neighbor For Pete's Sake

One of my favorite things in life is humor. I'm so thankful that God has a sense of humor and allows us to laugh. I get a kick out of so many things, but sometimes I can be guilty of laughing inappropriately. I've never cracked up at a funeral, but I did get a horrible case of the giggles when Merle Moore (age 265) sang a solo in my hometown church when I was about 12. He had about 2 notes left in his range and the song he chose didn't hit either one of them. Thankfully God hears our hearts...though I'm not sure that part of him was working that well, either. Oh - that reminds me - I also got the giggles in the same church when an obese man had a heart attack and the ambulence had to come and take him to the hospital. It was during the Sunday evening service and when I noticed that he'd tipped over in the pew I also noticed that his very busty wife had two or three open buttons on her blouse. To this day I wonder if the two were related. Anyway - on to today's funny...

I'm so sad that I missed the complete exchange, but when I got to work this morning, Blake was having a pained discussion with an Asian lady with a very heavy accent. She had brought a stereo system for us to sell, and was having second thoughts about selling it on auction. I believe her concern was that she couldn't control the selling price on a true auction, but she wasn't willing to pay the deposit we require to set a minimum price. If you know Blake at all you know he has the patience of a caffeine addict with ADHD on diet pills. This woman didn't stand a chance. Looking back, we realize that she was saying "Already" (say it to yourself with a Chinese accent - like "all leady"). Blake thought she was saying "Old Lady" and because she'd mentioned her neighbor, Blake assumed she'd received an offer from an old lady neighbor to buy the stereo outright. He proceded to repeatedly encourage her to sell the stereo to her neighbor, as she'd probably fetch a better price. She was truly confused by this, since we now know that she has no neighbor interested in the stereo. But it didn't stop her from repeating the word, "all leady", "all leady". I'm not sure how the whole exchange finally wound down, but the lady left and we're still auctioning the stereo. And I'm still giggling.