lost and found downtown

the funniest thing i've seen all week:
as is my usual practice these days, i was out for a walk during lunch. it's nice to get some fresh air and stretch my legs, do a little people watching in the downtown area. on my way back to work i passed two people on their cellphones. they both seemed to be looking for someone, and each of them was on the exact same street corner. as they spoke, my grand skills of celldropping (beware to those of you that speak loudly in public places) told me that they were actually speaking to each other.

"hey where are you? i thought we were meeting up."
"i'm right on the corner. where are you? i can't find you."
"I'M on the corner. which corner? wait a minute. i think i can hear you."
"where ARE you?"

each of them was spinning around with the precision timing that assured they would not see the other one. as one would turn and crane a neck in this direction, the other would crane in that direction with backs towards each other in the most hilarious ballet of missed connections. they kept on doing this until they realized, by some chance, that they were indeed only about ten feet away from one another.

once they found each other, the both of them gave a sheepish glance around to see if anyone had noticed their complete idiocy. i managed to cross the street without blatantly giggling in their faces. i only wonder now if they had the smarts to make it back to where they came from without getting lost. now THAT is some comedy.


who we went out with tonight:
milana... to go and eat ethiopian food!