Tuesday, March 30, 2004
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Like the Atkins Diet and most cults, there's an induction period with Mr. S. It takes a while to figure out how he operates. When most people first meet him, they're a bit bemused, and polite. They just don't quite know what to make of him. Lately, though, a couple of people have gotten a little testy with him, which is great.
Today Mr. S was on the phone, talking to someone he had never met. They were going to meet for lunch to talk about a new project.
Mr. S had me listening on the phone, which he usually does, so I can note anything important. It's extremely boring most of the time, but every so often something funny happens, like this, which had me laughing for about an hour:
Mr. S: Okay, then, we'll meet at 11:45?
Guy: Yes, good. How will I know you?
Mr. S: Well, I'm in my 60s, have gray hair, and I'll be wearing…uh…ah…I'll…be…wearing…a multi-colored plaid shirt (note--he wears a multi-colored plaid shirt every day, usually the same multi-colored plaid shirt, so why all the hemming and hawing, I don't know).
Guy: Gotcha.
Mr. S: So my shirt will have various colors in stripes about an inch wide, and the stripes will be at right angles with one another so that the colors form squares.
Guy, irritated: Yeah, I know what plaid is.
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I couldn't make this stuff up, y'all. That's exactly what he's like. It's a better description than I could ever give you.
Everything else will have to wait, because I'm about to fall over.
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Comments (18)
*dying of laughter*
He makes you listen to his phone conversations ???
To note anything important ?
"Mr. S?"
"Yes, Office ?"
"That man lied. His voice trembled when he said he knew what plaid is."
60's is still too young for senility ... right?
Grey hair... that's when you have dark hair that also has some white in it, the hairs are mixed in together so it gives an overall impression of being one color.
Did look at a boxed BBQ grill at the SE 138th Costco, but it was it the box, I still need to swing by Tigard. Maybe today. Have to drive (bus or train) down to Salem today to pick up our minivan at the shop.
I don't know, but you might already have enough to pitch the sitcom. Maybe its time to start an experiment developing a few sample sitcom scripts. (only cuz it would be sad to pitch the idea and then lose it to other writers initially)
He explained PLAID?
I can only imagine what would happen if he decided to wear a shirt with triangular shapes on it:
"I'l be wearing a shirt with trianges on it. That's a three-sided polygon consisting of a right angle and a line connecting the ends of that right angle. The line connecting the right angle is called the hypotenuse. The hypotenuse is derivative of the Latin word hypotenusa - that's spelled h-y-p-o-t-e-n-u-s-a."
Wow. I just found your site through drowning not waving's site, and I've been catching up on the Mr. S. Chronicles.
I feel for ya, I really do. I had a Mr. S. in my life - so like yours. He was singlehandedly responsible for my first relapse of Crohn's disease. (go ahead, ask my doc). The symptoms of a relapse? Prolonged, unexpected diarrhea. And I'm not an easily-stressed person, either. Since I left that job nearly 10 years ago - I haven't had one relapse.
You've inspired me to blog some of the highlights of my Mr. S.!