So as I was watching a Dane Cook DVD last night, yes I think he is funny in his random way,and his antics aren’t unlike somethings I think to do in public to the amusement of myself and friends, I found myself chuckling at an incident in my recent past.

Dane has a bit where he likes to go into fast food places, and a serious as he can be (his Van Dam face), points to a non existant item on the large overhead board and orders it. He claims you get the same reaction everytime, where the attendent will glance back in confusion, then search the pictures on the register for said item, finally giving up with a ” I believe we are out of that sir” before he disolves into a fit of giggles. It’s definately something I would do, so I can enjoy the moment.

So lets drift back in time, its Saturday and my girlfriend and I were out shopping for a present for her youngest daughter’s birthday. It was just around lunchtime, and we were feeling a tad peckish, so the decision was made to grab a bite to eat before we hit the stores.

As it was Spring and thunderstorms are prone to pop up anytime, the once sunny sky had turned threatening when we made our way into the store. Not a good day to be outside that was for sure as I noticed more storm clouds approaching.

I’m not too big of a fan of KFC, and this one was kind of dirty , so I ordered a minimum amount of food to ingest and stepped to the side to await my not so happy meal. My friend however, has a knack for ordering, not unlike Meg Ryan’s character in “When Harry Met Sally” and it takes a while for her to place her order.

I took this time to observe the various goings on around me, and I love to people watch as well.

An older woman had approached the counter, wearing some jaunty looking duds to say the least. Typical older LL Bean look; khaki skirt, blue polo, flat little keds and even a Gilligan hat. She sure looked like she was ready to step on the boat, so it didn’t really surprise me when she said, “Two buckets for trout.”

“Hmm, I thought to myself, guess she’s going fishing in her get up, what a great idea.” I didn’t see her fishing partner around, but I guessed they must be close, and came in because of the impending rain, caught some big trout and needed some empty buckets to put them in.

The clerk behind the counter produced two red and white buckets and I could tell by the noise as they hit the counter they were full. Then the cashier asked her for $13.75 for which said nautical nanna opened her purse and pulled out her wallet.

Perplexed, I scanned the overhead board and I know I hadn’t been to the Colonels in a while, I still didn’t see any trout on the menu or any new jingle come to mind that they had added Kentucky Fried Fish to the menu. I couldn’t stand there anymore, and I went to get a table. My girlfriend followed and was arranging her items off of her tray while I sat there perplexed still trying to figure out the transaction. I was working my brain overtime, trying to process what I just watched.

I have to say, I’ve been told that I think too much. But somethings are just interesting enough to wonder about in the recesses of my mind. But my girlfriend noticed I was barely eating and not saying much.

She asked me what was wrong, so I said to her, “Did you see the lady beside you who came in with the skirt?” and gave her the Reader’s Digest version of the events. I even went on to explain, I don’t even see a car in the parking lot towing a boat. Hmmph.

With that she broke out laughing, knowing my propensity to over analyze a situation and said to me, “Did it ever occur to you that her last name is Trout?”

OOOOOH!! At which point I broke into big belly laughs and I believe soda even shot out of my nose as I chortled and snorted, doubled over in laughter.

During the rest of the day, either one of us could be found laughing out loud thinking about it, and even today it still brings a smile to my face, when I have one of my moments. I got a ton of them over the years, funny insane moments with the girlfriends that the issuance of a couple of words, can double us over in laughter. ‘Filthy Whores.’ which may or may not be explained in another post. Good Times. Good times indeed.