Lunchtime Ramble

I was at the local Chinese Buffet with a friend from work, and at the end of our meal we received the traditional fortune cookies.

My fortune read, "You are the mast of everything situation." While we pondered what that meant, the other cookie was opened.

The fortune within the second cookie actually made sense, causing the person I was eating with to say, "Mine must have been written by an onshore writer." This was referring to the practice that our software support vendor has where if we don't want to talk to someone from India we can request an "onshore" technician.

About a second later I responded by saying, "Oh yeah, I've got to do that." When asked what I had to do I responded that the "onshore" remark reminded me that I had to pick up some luggage that was being repaired.

Seeing the quizzical look this generated I walked through my train of thought.

The "onshore" technician and the fact I was sitting in a Chinese restaurant caused me to think of the oriental guy who was at the dry cleaners I recently visited. He spoke excellent English. That led me to the suit I had dropped off there, and I remembered that I had picked it up earlier. That led me to think about stuff that needs picking up, and I remembered that I had a suitcase getting fixed at the shoe repair shop that was overdue for pick up.

After I went through all of that we looked at each other and said, "Wow". It's an odd train of thought, but that's what happened.

So if you ever wanted to know what went on in my mind now you know. And if you didn't want to know, well, it's too late. Sorry.