The following experience is one of the time "treats" which makes all of the hard things about living in Connecticut (such as the distance from family, expensive cost of living, etc.) worth it.
We were going to a movie last night-I had bought the tickets earlier that day- and we got to the movie theater 30 minutes before they would let us go in. We decided to run across the street and go to Target...and there we met TONY! Little did we know the encounter would be more entertaining than the movie.
We met him in the line of Target, then rode the elevator with him and walked with him for less than a block. In that short time we learned more about him than we know about most of our close friends. We found out this:
-His birthday is 4/4/1944 (and that this date was after WWII ended)- 4444 is his favorite #
-Target does not have enough emergency exits
-The first thing he does when entering a building is look for the exits (due to the club that burned down in Port Chester like 20 years ago)
-We should also look for the exits so we don't get trampled
At this point Jared got a few words in and asked if he worked out (his calfs were HUGE!)...and we learned this:
-He used to weigh over 250 lbs, but has lost a lot of weight through diet (which we know the details) and exercise
-Lots of people think he uses steriods, but he would never poke himself in the bum with a needle
-He has diabetes, along with his parents, a brother (who has glycoma) and sister
-Garlic should be used in everything, and we should be drinking a shot glass of red wine and eating boiled salmon everyday
-On his way home (which we now know where it is) he was going to stop and get a lasagna (and only eat half), breadsticks (only eat 1) and a half glass of red wine (of course)
At this point Jared got another few words in, asked him his name and we learned this:
-His name was Tony, he was Italian who loved to eat, and again how great garlic is
-He thinks it is great that we are married, we got a huge congrats on making the 1 1/2 year mark
-He has neighbors that don't want kids, but he thinks people should have kids
- And my personal favorite, I have good child bearing hips so we should have lots of kids
At this point we regretfully had to end the conversation because our movie was about to start...but we have high hopes to run into our new friend Tony in the future (maybe mom and dad can meet him when they come to visit)
I love downtown Stamford, CT!
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2 comments:
Hey! Im friends with Brooke and Mike. That story is AWESOME! Bless your heart. Thanks for the laughs. Some people just dont get out enough so the first people they come to they talk your ear off. But that was a cute story.
So funny!
So when can we come out and visit? I want to know how far away you are from new york and the naked cowboy?! Tons too see, and life is too short :)
Hope the movie was good. . . still waiting for your phone call on how it was.
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