Thursday, February 19, 2009

GET OFF MY LEG...and other useful sayings?

Ever meet a person for the first time and they just blurt out some unique phrase or saying that you know is now going to be stuck in your memory banks like Walt Disney Worlds, "It's a small World." Well if you are humming the lovely ditty right now, then yes you understand.

You first need to understand that John and I are not overly social people, we DO NOT go out of our way to introduce ourselves to strangers. So it came as a complete shock to us when a very nice couple from California pulled into the site next to us and invited us over to their very nice motorhome for a cocktail. Since we are socially retarded, we had no idea how to politely say no, so we went. Now comes the fun part.

NAMES HAVE BEEN CHANGED TO PROTECT THE UN-INNOCENT. (But god only knows who actually reads this, so better safe then sorry).

Okay, so here was our night. Butch and Doris, a nice couple from california invited us over for cocktails. They have (3) bloodhounds in their over $300,000.00 motorhome and we instantly gravitate towards the dogs. They don't require clever conversation, just a scratch on their bellies, leaving me to not have to come up with conversation topics. We let our new friends tell us about themselves. Got the impression that they made their money in maybe not the most reputable ways, and are now traveling for a short period of time. Butch, a self proclaimed REDNECK, proceeds to consume over (5) whiskey and cokes and tell us things that really we didnt want to know. His very lovely wife, numerous times, reminded Butch to watch his language, not be so rude, etc.

Now out of the blue, Butch looks at Doris and says "GET OFF MY LEG". There was really no need at this point to ask, Why Butch what do you possibly mean by that statement. All I could hope for was that John would not blow wine out of his nose due to excessive laughter. Needless to say, that phrase was used numerous times through out our evening. Finally Butch passed out on the floow of their motorhome and we escaped.

The next day, both John and I thought of numerous times in the past where we would have loved to have used the phrase. But the one that immediately came to both of our minds was dealing with a motorhome salesman. Now if you have ever bought a car you know actually what we mean when you get to the point with a salesperson that you would love to say. "Get off my leg".

So from us and Butch, please feel free to use the above saying when the appropriate moment arises.

PS> Butch's other unique phrase of the evening: Fight, Fuck or play marbles. Have no idea what that means.