The Mike stories are inspired by my good friend, Hillary. Hillary loves the Mike stories that I tell. Usually I tell them because I'm venting about something Mike recently messed up. Sometimes I tell them because they're funny and we can share a good laugh. Either way, the point is... Mike's a boy. Mike does the things that boys do, and sometimes that means losing things or otherwise messing things up a bit.
My good friend Hillary is also a wonderful storyteller. My favorite stories are about her brother (who is horrified that she tells them in the first place).
So in the spirit of storytelling, Hillary style... I bring you the Mike stories. Here's part 1:
ok, so i had some postage stamps around here somewhere, and i lost them in the wedding mess that has taken over my apartment.. and Mike asked me for one. i told him they were lost... instead of looking for them he told me he would go and buy more.
so i told him "good, get the wedding heart ones so we can use them for the thank-you cards!"
he said "ok"
...and then he comes home and tells me he got stamps.
i ask "are they wedding hearts?"
he says "no"
i say "oooooohhhh.... [confused pause] what are they then?"
instead of answering, he tells me "you can't get wedding heart stamps at Safeway. where are you supposed to get wedding hearts?"
i told him "the post office, goofball... what did you get? stupid flag stamps?"
he finally tells me he got some with bells on them. ugly bells, too. i told him to keep them to himself.
it's a good thing i found the ones i had lost earlier.
[originally published 7/16/2008]
My good friend Hillary is also a wonderful storyteller. My favorite stories are about her brother (who is horrified that she tells them in the first place).
So in the spirit of storytelling, Hillary style... I bring you the Mike stories. Here's part 1:
. . .
ok, so i had some postage stamps around here somewhere, and i lost them in the wedding mess that has taken over my apartment.. and Mike asked me for one. i told him they were lost... instead of looking for them he told me he would go and buy more.
so i told him "good, get the wedding heart ones so we can use them for the thank-you cards!"
he said "ok"
...and then he comes home and tells me he got stamps.
i ask "are they wedding hearts?"
he says "no"
i say "oooooohhhh.... [confused pause] what are they then?"
instead of answering, he tells me "you can't get wedding heart stamps at Safeway. where are you supposed to get wedding hearts?"
i told him "the post office, goofball... what did you get? stupid flag stamps?"
he finally tells me he got some with bells on them. ugly bells, too. i told him to keep them to himself.
it's a good thing i found the ones i had lost earlier.
[originally published 7/16/2008]
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