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June 05, 2008

You must be mistaken, I'm sure it reads "Therapist."

I don’t know if you know this, but men wear an indelible brand on their foreheads, albeit writ in invisible ink, that reads “potential rapist.” It does become visible, however, under certain circumstances. You know that lady with the winning smile whom you held the door open for this morning? Well, she couldn’t quite make out the words on (in?) your head, but obviously they would have appeared clearer to her in proportion to the number of words beyond “your welcome” that you spoke to her. How about that very nice, just-out-of-college girl you met this morning on her way to her first day on the job? Well, actually, she was so nervous she wasn’t reading much of anything. You could have been that reassuring night in shining armor…if it wasn’t for the 37(!) year old boyfriend she went out of her way to mention.

Ok, so I’m exaggerating for comedic effect (about the brand, not the age of the boyfriend). It reminds me of an old Benny Hill sketch where we see a doctor castigating a worker who just put up the lettering on the marquis outside his office. After all, the sign reads “Dr. Smith, the rapist.” Eventually the situation is resolved when the worker slides the letters together to eliminate the space between the last two words.

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