Border State
Now, Maryland is technically a Border State in the Recent Unpleasantness, otherwise known as the War of Northern Aggression. But, after the last two days, I'm about ready to put it's natives in the Them category.
Yesterday we went to lunch at this nice chicken wing place. Wawa ordered unsweetened iced tea. I, naturally, ordered sweetea. You could haven knocked me over with a feather when I was told they only had unsweetened. "Alright, then," I said, "I'll have an unsweetened iced tea and a tea spoon." I support that she could not figure out why I wanted a tea spoon (if, indeed, she knew what one was) because it took a couple of requests before she brought me a soup spoon, the length of which was a good half-inch short of the depth of my unsweetened iced tea.
Today I went to the local hardware store, arriving at 8:00, the opening time posted on the door. At 8:03 the owner arrived and when I inquire about a purchase, he informed me that he's not open yet. I looked at the times posted on the door and he said he doesn't come in too early anymore. He suggested that I come back in half an hour! I suggested he do something physically impossible with his head and the lower section of his GI tract.
In only two hours, one can be in New Jersey by automobile. And, apparently, that's close enough to make some, but certainly not all, Marylanders not one of Us.
Yesterday we went to lunch at this nice chicken wing place. Wawa ordered unsweetened iced tea. I, naturally, ordered sweetea. You could haven knocked me over with a feather when I was told they only had unsweetened. "Alright, then," I said, "I'll have an unsweetened iced tea and a tea spoon." I support that she could not figure out why I wanted a tea spoon (if, indeed, she knew what one was) because it took a couple of requests before she brought me a soup spoon, the length of which was a good half-inch short of the depth of my unsweetened iced tea.
Today I went to the local hardware store, arriving at 8:00, the opening time posted on the door. At 8:03 the owner arrived and when I inquire about a purchase, he informed me that he's not open yet. I looked at the times posted on the door and he said he doesn't come in too early anymore. He suggested that I come back in half an hour! I suggested he do something physically impossible with his head and the lower section of his GI tract.
In only two hours, one can be in New Jersey by automobile. And, apparently, that's close enough to make some, but certainly not all, Marylanders not one of Us.
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