Friday, October 14, 2011

Weekly Friday Flashback

Another Friday Flashback for some needed laughter in all of our lives.
This video never gets old for me.
And yes it also means I am being a bit lazy.
I've had a very crazy busy week.
But I got this in my email and it made me giggle

Now back to my topic at hand..... Rick and I have traveled or been in traffic and used the phrase, "Ah, thanks Stadium Pal" Which makes the other laugh. Usually said while sitting in traffic or traveling and there is no where to go so that you can find a bathroom.  Of course we aren't wearing one nor do we pee our pants but that tells the other we really have to go. And it makes us both laugh.

Mamma said the other day she was reading his book of short stories called, Me Talk Pretty One Day, and it got me thinking about him. So here is my Flashback Friday from 2008.
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I was first introduced to this great comedy writer while delayed at the Boston Airport.
I hate being delayed and I dislike Boston even more.
But something good happened that day....even in Boston.
I picked up his book, "Me Talk Pretty One Day" while waiting for my flight to leave.
Having spent 7 years in speech class I was intrigued by the title so I picked it up.

We finally got to board our plane.
Lucky for me I got upgraded since I was a premiere executive.
(translation - poor son of a bitch frequent flyer with a ton of miles who has to travel too many days of the week who is miserable so they put you up front to appease you)

There I sat sipping my Tanqueray and I was laughing non stop.
I closed the book because it was causing me great discomfort trying to suppress my laughter and I sounded like an idiot,  that much I knew.

The man next to me was reading a biography of our president Lincoln.
I glanced over at this good looking well dressed man and thought it said something about him that he would choose his biography book mine.
To me I had a vision of this man by the book he chose already played out in my mind.
I wondered what he thought of this lunatic woman next to him that couldn't stop laughing aloud?

After we took off I began to read again.
There were a few chapters that made me weep and I was trying desperately to stifle laughter. I finally closed my book and wiped my eyes. My seat partner leaned over and said to me, "What is the name of your book, it sounds so much better than mine."

I handed him the book so he could read some.
He began to laugh and even read some things aloud to me.
Okay that made me feel better - now I wasn’t the only lunatic laughing aloud.
By the time we were at our jet way in DC he said he really wanted to trade books with me but handed mine back to me anyway.

While this video isn't the reading of this particular book it sure as hell is a funny story of David's just the same. I defy you to listen to this reading and not crack up.
It doesn't hurt that he is reading it either. He's a funny quirky man.

9 comments:

Ms. A said...

The whole time he was reading, I kept thinking of Michael Jackson being found with something similar and it becoming public.

Margaret (Peggy or Peg too) said...

Ms. A you are certifiable! too funny.

Julie H said...

Sounds like a funny book. I've never heard of that guy lol.

Margaret (Peggy or Peg too) said...

Julie - I bet you’ve heard of his sister Amy Sedaris and if not heard of her you’ve seen her on television a lot.

He’s wealthy and rich – his books do well so a lot of us have heard of him and made him a rich man. :-)

I'm With Stupid said...

I'm a big David Sedaris fan. He and Amy are on Letterman pretty regularly. Both are very funny.

Margaret (Peggy or Peg too) said...

Jay or Matt whomever is I'm with Stupid - but do you have a stadium pal?

Mike said...

That stadium pal sounds like it would work better than duct taping a gallon milk jug.

Margaret (Peggy or Peg too) said...

Mike - ya think?

Lizbeth said...

Too funny, I love it!!!