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1/18/2014 4:28:51 PM
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The most memorable strangers you've ever met.
I met an old man a few years ago at a rather dull social engagement. In a room full of uptight individuals, this guy was a shining beacon of entertainment. He spouted off one-liners, cracked jokes about how boring everyone was at the engagement as everyone turned their noses up at him. Dude had me laughing so hard I literally had tears in my eyes.
At one point, the man's son walks up to him with a very stern look on his face. You could clearly see that he was rather pissed off by his father's antics. When I hear the old man reply.. "Son, I'm 92 years old. In five or ten years, I'll be gone from this pace and I'll be damned if you or anyone else stops me from enjoying each and every second of it."
I bought the man a scotch and walked up to shake his hand.
I find myself thinking of him every so often. It's been several years now, and I really envy the man's ability to be.. just so damn happy at such a point in his life.
Have you ever met someone briefly that you still remember to this day? Lets hear the story.
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Edited by Prototape: 1/19/2014 8:53:10 AMI suppose one favorite is when I was camping on a beach in Oregon on vacation a couple years ago. I was driving to a small town to get food when I noticed a couple of people standing by the store. I ignored them at first, and drove back to the campsite. When I got back I felt bad, so on the off-chance that they were still there I figured I might as well give them a ride. Otherwise, I figured I might as well check out a couple restaurants anyways. So when I got back a while later, they were still there, and I ended up setting them up with a camp-site. We sat on the beach and drank for a while, and I guess they were a couple of college students from Canada who decided it would be fun to pack a bag and walk down the western coast of the US, possibly further. People doing stuff like that has always intrigued me, so I bombarded them with questions, and they told me a lot of neat stories about the kind of people they run into, how people have helped them out, etc. Their motive - if there even was one - was never really clear to me, but it was a fun experience either way. That's one of many. I've met a lot of weird people doing even weirder things.
