Geezer Moments: September 22, 2011

Claudia Anderson of N-11 is the big winner this week, as she sent in not one, but TWO of her “moments.” Thanks for your contributions, Claudia.

“When liquid soap came out, my mom used to shave bar soap with a knife, then put the shavings into a saved empty lotion plastic bottle with pump, add water, and keep shaking periodically to melt the soap, and viola – liquid hand soap. She left me about 100 bars of soap, and I also want it in liquid form, so I had a better idea. I cut chunks of one bar of soap and put it in my KitchenAid blender, no knife shaving for me. Stupidly, I added water to make liquid. Foam! I never thought of that. Tried to keep it contained, but it came out like whipped cream, oozing and overflowing everywhere. Duh, what was I thinking? I know water added to soap makes foam. Finally, I used a gallon jug with a huge pump, and it is now in my shower working just fine. I laughed at myself for a very long time. 99 bars to go.”

“I met a friend for lunch at a Schaumburg restaurant recently. I was a 1/2 hour early, so I sat in my car and intently played with my Android to learn something. My friend was about 10 minutes early, knocked on my car window, and I said hello, immediately got out of the car, locked it, and went into the restaurant. Returning to my car after lunch, my heart sank as I had left the passenger-side window wide open. My GPS was tucked away in the glove compartment, cord hanging out and attached to the cigarette lighter. All someone had to do was place their arm inside the passenger-side window, open my glove compartment, and steal my GPS. To my surprise, nothing happened in the 2 hours I was parked there. I worried about myself all the way home.”

My good buddy, Mike Burns and I were talking the other day, and Mike said to me, “You know what amazes me?” After about 10 seconds went by, along with some weird facial movements, Mike finally said, “I’ll have to get back to you on that one.” Now THAT is a “geezer moment.”

Finally, the stand-up master Steven Wright says things that seem to fit in with “geezer moments” like: “I had amnesia once–or maybe twice.”

I’m still waiting for one from you. I know you have “moments.” Send them to me at greengeezer9@comcast.net. I look forward to hearing from you.

Sammy

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