All hail the the classic election year October Surprise. Who can forget such gems as Kissinger's claim of peace at hand, the Iran hostage crisis, Osama bin Laden delivering a video message, or the Spears-Federline wedding? Have we seen this year's October Surprise already - perhaps America becoming a socialist nation, or maybe the revelation that Kirk Cameron still has a career - or is it yet to come? Oh, the tension and drama!
I've had a few of my own October surprises here and there:
- In the sixth grade I was going steady with a girl named Valerie. "Going steady" meant passing notes to each other during class and sitting on the swings together during recess. At her Halloween party she told me that she had something to show me and led me to the side of the house. She tried to kiss me and I suddenly got very nauseous. I ran away and hid until it was time for my parents to pick me up.
- It was fall term of my senior in college when my boyfriend at the time dumped me. He was having an affair with one of our best friends. I was totally stunned, not just because of the affair but because I'd been having threesomes with our friend and his boyfriend and nobody had ever thought to suggest a fourgy.
- At the opening night party for a production of Richard III in the fall of 1998 a totally hot guy approached me and told me how much he liked me in the show. I had such a small part that I couldn't believe he'd singled me out. For the first and only time in my life I received a name and phone number written on a bar napkin.
- I moved into a fully-furnished studio apartment in Queens in the fall of 2000. The previoius tenant was moving to Hong Kong and didn't want to take anything with him. All he took with him were his clothes and his laptop. I'd hit the mother lode, and judging by the Polaroids that were hidden in a desk drawer labeled "Berlin 1999" and featuring the previous tenant naked, bound and gagged while someone peed on him, he'd hit the father lode.
One of the above stories is not only surprising but also untrue. Can you sniff it out?
I vote for the fourgy. The rest seem (somewhat) reasonable.
Posted by: FrankLee at October 14, 2008 1:02 PMI also think the fourgy is a fantasy. If it ends up as one of the true stories, I vote that MAK give us the complete story including graphic descriptions of all involved.
Posted by: Bill in denver at October 14, 2008 2:01 PMI'm going for number three. This can't have been the only time you've gotten a name and number on a napkin.
Posted by: Debbi at October 14, 2008 2:43 PMI am guessing the first one is false...for the simple reason that I do not remember any girl named Valerie in our 6th grade classes...LOL. Then again, it has been a long,long,long time since 6th grade. :)
Posted by: Karyn at October 14, 2008 4:43 PMI pick the "Valerie" story too. I've seen you kiss girls before with too much enthusiasm. ;-)
Posted by: Karen at October 14, 2008 9:09 PMGoing with the girl story as well.
Posted by: Eric at October 15, 2008 12:44 PMFirst story, all boys in the sixth grade run from kisses even from their moms.
Second story - almost went with this one, but I am going to believe for the sake of education.
Third - Child of the digital age always has a cell phone on hand for number recording, but as he would not have had his cell on him during the performance he had to do with a napkin.
Fourth -first off eewww - I am going with this one, someone would never leave such photos behind they would want the memories with them forever or for proof and I think Matt would have told many people of these images had he found them. What a conversation piece.
Angie S.
Posted by: Angie S. at October 15, 2008 6:03 PMThe Richard III story is not true if only because there is no way you "had such a small part". Nothin' small about your part, buddy boy.
Posted by: Jodi at October 16, 2008 9:57 PM