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Tuesday, November 13, 2007Too Easily AmusedWhile driving with my husband and daughter to an early appointment this morning, I happened upon a van, sitting at a red light, that sported the name "Twin Brothers Electric." The name itself wouldn't have caught my eye -- it was the incredibly dorky logo that went along with it; namely, two lightbulbs, side by side, with identical, goofy faces on them. "Look at that!" I tend to sneer too quickly at less-than-clever things, which isn't a good example to set for my impressionable, way-too-much-like-her-mother daughter. "Is that dorky or what?" Maggie agreed that the lightbulbs were dorky. I rambled on about the dorky lightbulbs and the fact that I'd never noticed a vehicle advertising "Twin Brothers Electric" before, despite the fact that it was a local company. Eric was less than interested in my early-morning diatribe, but on I went -- until it occurred to me that there might be an actual reason for the company's name. So as we pulled out and drove by the still-waiting van, I craned my neck and squinted my eyes to get a good look at the people sitting behind the front windshield. There were two identical men inside the truck. No, I'm serious. "Twin Brothers Electric" really is what it claims to be. The brothers in question were as alike as the dorky lightbulbs painted on the outside of their van. It was a weird moment. I gasped. I shrieked. I exclaimed with uninhibited delight, "Ohmygosh they really are twins! They're identical! I mean, they're identical!" I laughed like an easily amused toddler. Then, expecting him to share my glee, I turned to Eric, whose eyebrow was raised in a distinctive, "Do I need to ask you to calm down again?" attitude. How could he not find this even remotely funny? Am I that sleep deprived? "Maggie, you saw them, didn't you?" I wanted to make sure I hadn't dozed off and dreamed up the whole thing. "Yes, I saw them, Mommy." She wasn't laughing much, either. In fact, I think I was simply hearing sympathetic chuckles. Honestly. What were the odds of noting the silly company name and then discovering identical twins driving the van? It's me, isn't it? Yeah, it must be me. I'm way shorter on sleep than I'd like to admit. Humor me, will you? Tell me how amusing/unusual/interesting/fill-in-the-blank it is to discover twin brothers driving a van advertising electrical work by "Twin Brothers." Because I'm still not over it. I mean, twin brothers inside a "Twin Brothers" van! Ya know? Okay. Never mind. My next blog post will be about something slightly more intelligent. I promise. |
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5of my readers are feeling chatty:
I would have laughed with you. They weren't by any chance bald, were they? (THAT would really make me laugh)
you're not getting old yet
I think it's totally awesome. And funny! :D
NOw if they were both cross-eyed and had buck teeth... THAT would be funny.
I look forward to your next INTELLIGENT post.
:)
Love you darling, but......
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