tales from the road #229

passenger 26d used both a pink and yellow highlighter pens to mark passages in his spiritual self help book. he marked two or three lines per page.

i rudely watched from the seat next to him. i just had to know what little gems of knowledge were worthy of marking to read again and again. highlighting has always seemed alien to me. never in my entire life have i been moved enough to use a highlighter on a book i was not consuming for school or work.

the marked passages were about women. insight and understanding of how women should be treated. it was very sexist and spoke in generalities, as if all women were the same. many of the passages spoke of god and how he created woman (as if the author had consulted directly with god, the ultimate subject matter expert). the secrets in this book would educate him in a full proof method of successfully interacting with women.

later in the flight, i noticed 26d was brainstorming a list titled "rehearsal dinner attendees". the picture became clear. 26d will wed soon. soon the female he desires will be shackled to a man that reads manuals and listens to dr. laura rather than actually getting to know her.

good luck with all that.

here we are in seats 26d and 26e. both humans, both males - we are frighteningly similar down to our genetic code. Yet one small difference makes us more different than alike, he is a dumb ass.

Posted by griff at August 06, 2003 06:56 AM