my friends are an odd group. we have strange senses of humor, laugh easily, and are surprisingly willing to embarrass ourselves in public as long as it means we’ll get a good reaction from the others.
take jason, for instance. we were at the cheesecake factory on sunday when the following conversation took place. (i’m paraphrasing, but sadly, it’s probably fairly accurate.)
betsy: “i think february or october would be good months for an outdoor wedding.”
edgar: “i think march or april.”
sarah: “yeah. you’ve just got to make sure it’s before it gets too hot, or the mosquitos arrive.”
jason: “i want to eat my cheesecake like a dinosaur.”
we look at jason.
betsy: “ok…”
sarah:”make sure you keep your elbows in against your body, so you have short little useless dinosaur arms.”
betsy: “yeah, and only two fingers, like the little claws.”
jason wiggles his thumb, index, and middle fingers.
jason: “didn’t they have three claws?”
sarah: “yeah, i think so, but no opposable thumbs.”
jason: “oh, good call.”
jason switches to wiggling his index, middle, and ring fingers. the waiter comes with our cheesecake. he leaves. jason grins. betsy and i watch as he bats the cheesecake around for a moment with one hand, er, claw, like a tyrannosaurus toying with a little dinosaur before killing it.
jason: “grrrrrrrr!”
jason dives face first into the cheesecake, looking up a moment later with teeth bared and cheesecake all over his mouth and chin. betsy and i collapse with laughter. at the other end of the table, ron, buzz, gavin, jen, becca, and phil look at us strangely.
it was very funny.
