One day, I took a walk downtown. It was a gorgeous sunny day in mid-summer. Lots of people were out and about. All enjoying an opportunity to catch some sun and the fresh air. I grabbed a bench by the gazebo to relax before continuing my walk.
Shortly after sitting down, I see a mime with a penguin headed towards the gazebo.
Penguin sightings in Downtown Erie are rare, so I figured I'd sit tight and keep an eye on that penguin.
Well, next thing I know, the mime stops right in front of me. He mimes an imaginary box. I am thinking "what the heck?"
Anyway, the mime lifts up the penguin and "opens" the box... (a fact verified by all the witnesses...). Once inside the "box", the penguin "bumps" into a side of the "box".
After "bumping" into the side of the "box", the mime throws a dead fish to the penguin.
Anyway, I say..."Dude...you didn't "open" the "box"...at which...the mime shoots me a dirty look..
The penguin, well trained i uess...and who chose to ignore me..turned...and "bumped" into a different side of the "box"...and gets thrown another dead fish.
Again, I point out.."Dude....get real...the fish should be on the "box"....you didn't open it..."
I get dirty look #2....
Anyway, the penguin...still on "Brer_Papa ignore"...."bumps" into the 3ed side of the "box"...and the mime looks right at me while he tosses a fish in the general direction of the penguin...who had to "leave" the "box" to retrieve the dead fish...
So...I says..."Dude...your penguin is loose...."
....at which point...the mime curses me!
And he grabs a fish and chases after the penguin....luring the penguin back to the "box" with the dead fish...
So....with the dead fish and the penguin in one hand....the mime "opens" the "box" with the other...( a fact all the witneses testified to...) with the intention of putting the penguin back in the "box"....
which is when i say....."Dude....don't forget to close the "box"...."
Well...not only did he curse at me...he came at me armed with a dead fish and a penguin....
to be continued...
I can be SOOOO naive sometimes. Glad it's funny tho! LOL
I consider my brothers to be the quick-witted comedians in the family. 
The older I get, the less concerned I am about looking stupid; so I ask LOTS of questions. 
