4.23.2007

Two (Make that 3) Funny Stories:

Nina and I were walking up to our room after breakfast in the hotel lobby, when I heard this smack/thud. I turned around to find that Nina was no longer walking behind me...she was laying on the ground. Now, this wouldn't have been overly funny in any normal case. What made it funny was Nina's scream. She didn't scream as she was going down. She didn't even scream as she hit the floor. She waited until she had been laying on the floor a second, and all eyes were on her. And then she got up and walked off like nothing had happened. It was quite strange. Funny, but strange.

Second story...I was on the phone with Kati this afternoon on my way to class. She proceeded to tell me about this crazy message left on Corey's phone by some crazy lady, who claimed to be guided by the Holy Spirit, then about how the lady may have been lead by a spirit, but it wasn't a holy one. Then she says "and get this, right after, a bird HIT our window...and died. It smacked the window, bounced off, and died." I think the combination of the randomness of the event, and the image of a bird bouncing off a window caught me off guard. I still find it hilarious.

6.4.07: I have an addition to this bird story. When I was in Lynchburg, Jordan and I were driving down the road, and I shared the bird story with him. He thought it was as funny as I did. Fast forward a couple of days: I'm in a quiet clothing store, waiting to go into a dressing room, and my phone rings. It's Jordan. The conversation went something like this:
Jordan: "Hey" (A very sad hey, might I add.)
Me: "Hey" (More like a question than a statement.)
Jordan: "I just hit a bird."
Me: giggling "What?"
Jordan: "I just got on to I-4, and you know how there are those trees in the middle?"
Me: "Yea"
Jordan: "Well, a bird just flew out and smacked into my window."
Me: "On the driver's side?"
Jordan: "Yea."
Me: "I'm sorry love." (With a hint of laughter.)
Jordan: "It's guts came out. They're yellow."
Me: "Ew! Are they still there?" (Laughing out loud at this point.)
Jordan: "Yea..."

Fortunately I'm not the only heartless one...I told both stories to Nikki. She laughed as hard as I did.