I got a huge laugh today at Home Depot. I had gone in to look for some spackling paste for a project I need to start, but got lost somewhere around the window shades department. I was completely engrossed in the operation of a particular roller shade, unaware of my surroundings, so I was a bit startled when a gentleman came up behind me and said, "There you are! I've been looking for the other guy in skirt!"

I looked down, expecting to see a kilt, but I saw instead that he is wearing the brown, floor-length habit of his religious order. I couldn't help but to burst out laughing. He introduced himself as Friar Chuck and we shook hands warmly. He asked if there was a particular reason I was wearing a kilt, and I gave my raison du jour.

Then he explained why he was on the lookout for me: "A woman told me, 'I never expected to see a man in a dress at the hardware store, but today I've seen TWO!'" Standing there in the middle of the store, we regarded each other and laughed together at the situation.

I chuckled to myself all the way to the mattress store, which is another story altogether...

Regards,
Rex.