Hey, Dude! Whoa! Like, Dude, Surf’s Up, Dude! Dude…DUDE!!
I am not quite sure which is worse to encounter on a rainy Saturday morning brunch with friends: watching an antsy little girl struggle to eat a piece of toast, or to sit and listen to some hippies say the words “dude” and “like” about 50,000 times in a half-hour. When I finished my brunch with Bob, I’d have to go with the hippy dudes and dude(ettes) that occupied the table next to us after the family with the overactive little girls left. At least, the girl was too busy eating a piece of toast to be challenging anyone with their amazing vocabulary skills.
But, I did learn something new today that I didn’t know before, some words of wisdom for all of us to ponder. Apparently, the success rate for surfers is based solely on their appearances. If you look like you could catch some good waves, chances are you really won’t catch them after all. However, if you don’t look like you could get the good waves, then you will actually do well. Hmmm….I would’ve thought that it’s the other way around. If you looked the part, you’d know what to do and would be skilled at it. For example, I never would imagine that I’d be any good at surfing. First of all, I don’t dress like Matthew McConaughey. Also, I can’t swim. Therefore, I’d be terrible at surfing. But, if you applied this dude’s wisdom, I would actually be good at surfing. That doesn’t make any sense to me.
I wanted to turn to the guy and say “Whoa, dude. Let’s catch some waves, man!”
Current listening:
Or, having a self-important Seattle woman sitting nearby reading from a book to her friend across the table, and loudly enough that she can be heard even over the loud music that the baristas are playing in the coffee shop. I dunno; it’s a tossup. Sigh.
Bob
March 14, 2009 at 1:51 pm