March 09, 2005
mushrooms don't sink!
Today we (my workmates and I) had an all-day sewing event. It was interesting to see our educator show us new techniques and la dee da.
But the best part of the event was afterward! We all had dinner together at The Little Thai House. The food's good. The service isn't.
The service, however, is not the interesting bit. I got to sit across from BoPeep and her husband, Candoo. I love laughing with people and these are among the best to laugh with.
When we ordered, I encouraged Candoo to have some tom kha gai--yummy chicken, coconut, lime, lemongrass soup. Mmmmmm.
It usually has mushrooms in it, too. Just a few mushrooms were floating in the soup when it arrived at our table. He said something like, "Oh. It has mushrooms." He offered them to BoPeep, but she declined.
He began eating the soup. BoPeep changed her mind and wanted a mushroom. She said, "You ate them all!"
He said, "No. I think there's one here on the bottom..."
BoPeep said, "Mushrooms Don't Sink!"
I thought that was highly quotable. I am, thus, quoting it.
Then Candoo remarked that the chicken was on the bottom of the soup bowl. He wondered if the duck he ordered for dinner would sink. Does duck sink? It shouldn't, right?
Oh! Before dinner, there was a woman at our even who had a sweatshirt with a large parrot embroidered on the shoulder. She referred to it as her "boob bird". It's always weird to hear people who are 60-something say the word boob.
At any rate, she had a parrot on her shoulder. On her other shoulder was her name tag.
Her name was Polly.
I so very much wanted to offer her a cracker.
I still want to know if she wore that sweatshirt on purpose.
Posted by dotty at March 9, 2005 10:28 PM