Post (and comments) I made on Facebook tonight

At Mexican Inn and nearby are a mid-20s couple on what has to be a first date. They’ve gone from Monty Python to the Coen Bros to nihilism, all in their outside voices.

One of the two guys in in the booth next to them just said “WHAT??” really loudly and the guy, who was expounding on a story about a rabbi, didn’t even notice as his neighbors cracked up.

[comment] I just caught the eye of the guy who said “WHAT?” and we both cracked up.

[comment] Update: we and the neighboring guys left the restaurant at the same time, and one of the guys said to the hostess, "That couple in the far back corner? They're either drunk or on drugs."

[comment] No! I did not say. They are pseudointellectuals on a first date who have just discovered that the other person Truly Understands them!

[comment] I mmmmight have been them in my youth.

[comment] Also, I note that the guy contributed about 3/4 of the conversation. He probably thinks they spoke equally.

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Also coming home, we discovered that the large bird feeder had fallen at some point during the weekend. We'd had high winds in the metroplex* so I'm not surprised. We did manage to catch it mid-fall, however.

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* Alas for me because I had FANTASTIC hair on Friday morning, wrecked on the walk from the car to dinner in 25 MPH winds and drizzle WOE IS ME. I wore it in a bun the rest of the weekend.