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Holidays, Leprechauns, and Other Oddities

IMG_3381I don’t think I ever realized that there were three minor holidays (Pi Day, Ides of March, and St. Patrick’s Day) over the course of four days.  Insanity, eh?  I was chatting with someone in line at the cafe today.  He was a scruffy old man wearing all black garb and I joked, “Where’s your green?  I assume you’re wearing green underwear.”  I was decked out in a green tank top visible through my black dress and a three-leaf clover pinned to my dress.

He shook his head, “Nah, not even green underwear.  But I’m not Irish so what do I care.  You’re probably more Irish than I am.”

Ummm, yeah.  I’m a dark brown, black-haired Asian and ummmm, yeah, totally Irish.

I think the really funny thing is that when I was joking with him, I touched his arm and asked, “Where’s your green?”

After our whole Irish conversation, he admitted, “I really liked that you touched my arm.  That was really nice.”

Excuse me?  I don’t count myself as one of those touchy-feely types so it was kinda weird to have this old guy telling me he liked how I was touching him.  I felt perverted. I was thinking, Really?  Do I really touch people when I converse with them?  I hadn’t even thought about it.  Never even crossed my mind.  I guess I must do it second-nature.

What freaked me out even more was that he yelled across the cafe as I was leaving, “Hey you!  I hope I see you again soon.  I liked our conversation.”

Trippy.

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