Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Barkley the Buck

When I was in grad school I simply did not have my act together. I really liked this girl named Kathy and I think she knew it. I was going through a tough time and she invited me over to her place for dinner. I was really excited as we always had friends around and I was excited to spend a quiet evening with JUST her.

It was a Thursday night and I showed up right on time and she looked like she was up for a great evening. We both talked about different things and she asked me if I was ready for dinner. She seemed quite excited about what she had prepared. I blindly commented that it smelled great. So she sauntered out into the dining room with a cookie tin full of Fish Sticks. They weren't even the deluxe fish sticks but rather the little ones we always had on Fridays in the eight grade cafeteria. I was not to be deterred as this was going to be a good night.

Despite the fish sticks we had a great conversation and we were a bit flirty. She asked me if I would like to watch television. I said why not. We sat on the sofa and started watching television and then I heard a knock on the door and the door opened. It was my friends who were always around. We always seemed to hang around in groups.

I was frustrated but, hey life goes on. I said hello to EED (he, a PHD student, couldn't spell ED) and Jeff and we exchanged quizzical looks as I headed to the bathroom. As I was going to the bathroom I noticed Kathy's Red and White shorts hanging on the towel rack and thought nothing more of it.

I grabbed a beer and sat next to Kathy to continue watching the show.  The next thing I know EEEED (with an extra E this time) heads into the bathroom and after a few minutes EEEED comes out of the bathroom wearing Kathy's shorts.

I sat there in stunned silence and I could see Kathy slowly turning red and she was mad. I mean she was really mad. It reminded me of a volcano.

She was fuming and walked over to EEEEd and stated quite loudly.

ED please "TAKE OF MY SHORTS".

Of course EEED replied "Why certainly Kathy" (she was wearing shorts).

And at this point chivalry was all gone because dumb old me ended up laughing my eyes out and I was promptly sent home with fish sticks on my breath.