Recently, a yoga teacher from another country e-mailed, saying she would be in town over the holidays and wondered if I still drove to Boca Raton for a particular yoga class and teacher. When Trish saw the e-mail, she was a little annoyed, wondering why I had to give her a ride, and where the hell did I meet her, anyhow. She likes to give me a hard time about the yoga women I know, who are mostly my students.
So a couple of days later, I was in a convenience store paying for gas when I noticed the guy in front of me wearing a t-shirt that on the back read : ‘Dr. Rob: Where does he get all these women?’ Back in the car, I told Trish about it. We laughed, wondered what it was about, then headed home.
That evening, we stuck a DVD in the player and a trailer came on for Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, starring ROB Schneider. Trish deadpanned: “Synchronicity.”
Then the movie came on, High Fidelity, starring John Cusack, who plays a record store owner named ROB Gordon, and it was all about his string of girl friends, all of whom had dumped him. So during the movie, I kept saying where does Dr. Rob get all these women. Megan, who had joined us, wondered why I called the record store owner a doctor. “Oh, it’s just a little trickster synchronicity, Megan.”
“Yeah, and Dr. Rob better watch out or he’ll be advertising mattresses,” Trish added.
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I loved it when I saw "munky"!
This story reminded me of one from early in our marriage, during my hubby's first job in a big office with lots of women. He was uncomfortable when some women would lean against him or get too close. He always told me about it and asked me how he could get them to stop.
He was also car pooling with an "older" woman (32) because it was an hour and a half commute. He thought she was really nice until the last day they drove together. We were moving to be closer to his work.
That morning he called me as soon as he got to work and was very agitated.
"I think she made a pass at me!" was his complaint.
"Oh, what did she do?" I asked.
He had a whole list.
"Yes, honey, she made a pass at you."
"Oh, what should I do?" he asked me.
He was only 24.
Munky?? What a great word.
& yes, there was a gator in that lake. One. It went after our retriever one day!
So I imagined Dr Rob levitating over a mattress while I laughed. Then scrolled back up and studied the picture of Dr Rob "floating" over the water. 🙂
For all your discipline and balance, it wouldn't take much to knock you in. Would there be gators below?
Watch out for all those women, Dr Rob! LOL!
word verification: munky
LOL! Loved this, and the movie. Trish is not to be messed with that's for sure.
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Ah, decorum!
ok, i had a couple of really funny funny comments but out of deference for a degree of decorum here on your blog, i will just go with: too funny!!! very neat synchro!!!
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Funny!
LOL! I *love* Deuce Bigalow. Classic!