Wednesday, April 15, 2009

"Spare me the grim litany of the "realist." Give me the unrealistic aspirations of the optimist any day."

This is an excerpt from an actual conversation I was trapped into hearing witness to this past weekend. The names and some details have been changed to protect the so-called innocent. And to protect me from getting yelled at.

Scene:

In a car. Driving West. Morning. It's raining. Hard.


Actual Conversation:

Passenger: "Maybe the rain will stop by the time we get there."

Driver: "No, that won't happen, the weather's coming from the south, not the west."


Time passes. It's still pouring.


Passenger: "Hopefully the rain will stop by the time we get there."

Driver: "No, that won't happen, the rain is coming from the south, not the west."


More Time passes. The rain is so loud it drowns out the radio.


Passenger: "Do you think the rain will stop by the time we get there?"

Driver: "AUGH!"


Destination is reached.

It's not raining. The sun is coming out.


Passenger: <grins>

Driver: "Shut up."


Moral of the Story: All you hopeful optimists out there.....just keep doing what you do best, and don't let anybody else rain on your parade (yeah, I know, that was bad!).


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3 comments:

  1. The rain ALWAYS stops if enough time passes. Ask Noah.

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  2. It turned out to be a beautiful sunny day too!!!

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  3. *giggle* This sounds an awful lot like the parents arguing in the front seat, while the child sits helpless in the back seat, knowing that contributing one way or the other will NOT help matters. LOL (BTDT, I feel for ya)

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