I got one of those for my sister last year - they are funny! :) patrick
At 03:58 PM 13/12/2001 -0400, you wrote: >Funny Anecdote: > >Well, after looking for a christmas present for one N. S., I finally >found the perfect gift. A Mad, Dancing Cow toy. > >That night, on the way home, I suddenly remembered the cow had not been >in my trunk when I'd last opened it! Frantic and having a bit of a cow >myself, I jumped on my cell, not realising the time, and dialed one S. >K. > >"Hello! The COW! Do you have the Cow!?" I cried excitedly. > >"what?" Was the sleepy, quiet voice on the other end. > >"The Cow! I...I've lost the cow..." I added, my voice taking on a note >of distinct distress,"Do you have it?" > >"Umm...Angel. No..I don't have it. " came her voice again. > >" Oh...oh where can it be..I don't believe it..I lost the COW!" I cried, >absolutely distressed at this point that she didn't have it. > >Then my mind went back to the afternoon, and I recalled going to the >Grocery, and leaving the cow package with the package girl behind the >counter," The Grocery!" I cried triumphantly. > >"ok. We will call them tomorrow." came the voice from the other end," >Bye." >Before the connection went dead, I heard a quiet Steeeeeuuups. > >So, this morning I went to the grocery, and hurriedly bounced inside >(Mad, Dancing Cows are NOT CHEAP you see!?) and went up to the package >counter. > >"I've come for my cow!" I announced. > >The girl behind the counter blinked a few times, and looked at her >companion, before turning to look at me once more. > >I realised she must be hard of hearing, so I prompted again, with a few >gestures this time, indicating the height of the said cow," A cow....a >Mad Dancing Cow...it was in a little plastic bag and I left it here >yesterday evening...is it still here!?" > >The girl behind the counter took a few steps backward, and the security >guard casually strolled closer to the counter. > >I was becoming most annoyed at the reticence of this girl, so I said >again, quite slowly, "I left a little dancing cow here yesterday...this >is the number..do...you.....have.....it?" > >She finally found her voice and said," A Cow...yuh..yuh leave a cow >behind the counter yesterday? Wha kinda cow it was??" > >I gestured some more whilst saying," It was a dancing Cow! A MAD DANCING >COW! And I have the package number slip, so it must still be here, no >one could have taken it! Do I have to speak to the manager? Please check >for the cow!" > >It seemed to finally register on the little pea brained person that I >had left a package there. She seemed quite relieved and said," Oh! A >package..a Dancing cow TOY!". > >I nodded, happy that this seemed to have finally seeped through her >addled little mind. > >After a bit of searching, she produced the bag, and asked to see the >contents, apparently not believing that a cow could be that small >perhaps? > >It was only afterward that I thought back on what I had said, and how it >must have sounded. Of course I erupted with laughter when I realised >just how strange I must have sounded! > >Another chapter in The Adventures Of Angel. :) > >-Gel > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
