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Today is St. Patty’s day. St. Patty is the patron saint of getting drunk off your ass. Apparently you MUST WEAR GREEN TODAY.
Quick story that just happened: I am at work. Decided to do my morning business, when finished left the restroom where I ran smack dab into two ladies that work in the building. We have seen each other before, do not know names whatsoever, and have never spoken. I am not wearing green. The short stout one walked over and pinched me. No “Good Morning! You aren’t wearing green you anti Irish Bastard!” Nothing. No warning of any kind – just pinched me. The funny part was I had no idea why she had pinched me – I thought it was because I almost trampled her bowling ball like form. Turns out it is because I had broken the green law.
A bit of advice: if you don’t know the person, don’t pinch them. As a friend who I told my story to said “I’d have hit her. I don’t know her and that is assault.” I lolled a bit.
I guess it could have been worse – maybe she saw a VW before you and took a swing. The results would have looked resembled the Pacquiao/Clottey fight.
hmmm… take the same scenario except the individual rubbed the top of your head. one immediately thinks of racism. how is pinching you any different?
all-in-all, adults in this country today are stuck in a continuum of adolescence. i remember the green-pinch thing from my grade school days many decades ago.
I think a little adolescence can be a good thing in an adult. Helps keep you sane. That doesn’t include randomly pinching or punch-Dubbing people, however.
I agree… this is probably just semantics but: “leverage a child-like mind without being child-ish”.