I dreamt last night about a situation where I had my brain malfunction - you know the proverbial wires crossed problem (actually not sure if that was a dream - my spouse swears sometimes it has already happened). I thought what if the brain's keyed responses came out at the wrong time and wrong place.
There are number of situations where certain professions or roles ask the same standard questions (not really expecting an answer or expecting the templated response from the other)...so if your noggin went on the fritz here is what could happen -
Bank Teller - would that be in 10s or 20s - you reply - I will take it all in plastic please;
Cash Register at the grocery store - Paper or Plastic - you reply - Can I get five 5s and three 20s - no coins thank you;
Port of Entry officer - How long were you gone sir? - you reply - I will take everything to go - bit of a hurry you see;
Restaurant Order Taker - Here or to go? - you reply - We should do coffee sometime...
so you see there are many possibilities if only your brain took a mini vacation.
This autumn the weather gods cooperated as we took a family trip in the northeast to see six states that qualify or makeup what is known colloquially in America as New England. Mass, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut and Rhode Island (tiniest state in the union). The outing helped tally up the states we either lived in, visited or have worked in to 47. Guess which three have eluded this intrepid traveling family. Any rate the drive was all in about 1,800 miles and included some memorable geographic wonders or points of interest. Easternmost part of state of Massachusetts being one. Furthest drivable road east in Mass being another. Visit to all Ivy League schools (term harkens to a collegiate athletics conference and generally regarded as elite academic institutes of some repute worldwide) is another random bucket list item of which this trip afforded the chance to knock two more of the list. Dartmouth in Hanover, NH and Brown (and its sister institute the RISD - school f
at some point it does-take a vacation. We have no way of telling. Others might.
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