Hindsight
Written by hootenannie on August 11th, 2009What if I had ended yesterday’s post by saying, “I’m enlisting”?
That would have been hilarious*, huh?
But I didn’t, so…
Speaking of hindsight, here’s another installment of “Annie’s Most Embarrassing Moments.”
Yesterday, Brooks & Dunn called it quits. (SO EMBARRASSING… oh wait… not yet… wait for it…)
On some website, I saw that the writer had referred to them as “Brooks & DONE,” and I thought, “Well, that’s clever.” I love words. I love plays-on-words. I just liked it, okay? And I resolved that I would use it as my own.
So last night, as I was leaving the Y, drenched in sweat delightfully and femininely glistening, I tossed my towel in the bin. And the man behind the counter said, “Haha – just like Brooks & Dunn – throwing in the towel” (someone give that man a trophy, because THAT WAS SHARP).
It was my chance.
And here is what I said.
“More like Brooks & NO MORE!”
What.
I ruined it. Completely.
I mean, what in the hell was that? Brooks & No More? Brooks & NO MORE?
And what’s worse – if I had gotten it right, it’s the sort of thing that would only translate in writing. I could have said, “More like Brooks & DONE!” and started laughing hysterically, patted myself on the back for my brilliance, and winked at my latest adoring fan on the way out the door – and the poor YMCA worker would have just thought I was a dolt.
So, given the two scenarios, I suppose it’s Sophie’s Choice.
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*Hilarious not because the military is something to be laughed at, but more at the thought of me wearing a hat of any sort.
Just preempting the blog-hatred. A girl gotsta look out for herself.
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If you did enlist, you’d have to post video of you at boot-camp shouting “SIR-YES-SIR” at the drill instructor.
It makes me sad that Brookes & Dunn are Brookes & Done.
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How have you only gotten one comment on this so far? I thought this was hilarious!!
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Thanks, Greta. :)
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Don’t worry, Annie, we all have these days. The other day my mom was asking us where her cell phone was while she was talking on it…
I love this post to death. :)
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This made me laugh out loud at work, which was sort of lost b/c I am the only person in the lab I’m working in, this summer. Still, though, I laughed out loud at work. Thanks.
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This WAS hilarious. I laughed out loud at least four times. I love your blog. :)
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You, I have determined to be hilarious.
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oh, to have been a fly on the wall… a little laughing fly on the wall.
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LMAO.
I adore you.
CT
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i gave much thought to enlisting in peace corps yesterday. for serious. i woke up with fresh perspective, but that will always be in the back of my mind. who knows.