I probably should've posted this a while back, but better late than never.
Back in Rio on one of the nights I went Salsa dancing, I danced with a local gal who was nice and patient with me. She spoke some English and so we chatted for a bit after the dance. She said there was a nice BBQ restaurant near where I was staying, so the plan was to meet there for lunch on Sunday.
I gave her my card with my contact info so she could send me an e-mail and we could make arrangements. I never heard from her.
I found out later that she had actually used my card. She had gone home and read a bit of my blog. Specifically, she read my post entitled My Drug Habit. Apparently, she decided that she didn't want to associate with someone who did drugs. I almost started crying when I heard this, as I was laughing so hard.
Little did I know that a witty post would cost me a good BBQ lunch. That'll teach me to be funny.
4 comments:
I don't know which was the bigger loss; the Brazilian beauty, or the BBQ. I do love some good BBQ.
so what I would like to know is how you found out about this?
Well, I guess there's one woman [out of how many billion?] who believes in the principle of Facebook = Face Value.
Hey, look at the bright side; she probably has a suspicious Pere who makes locos gringos vanish after dancing with his beautiful daughter.
Well, maybe not; but keep smiling anyway. Are you going to travel thru the Andes mountains? That could net some very interesting pix [after all, the trip to the unspellable waterfalls netted some very good ones].
Just do us all a favor and don't try to broker peace between Columbia and Ecuador, you might end up talking to a certain Mr. Chavez instead [although he's probably too busy lighting Havanas with one-million-peso bills, the way things are going]. Bon chance!
Eduard
So true, good thing you quit taking most of the drugs!! Even though they were really vaccinations, oh well it is still true,
Galatians 6:7 "Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap."
Of course there may be a good side too, maybe the BBQ would have made you sick?
ps did you buy a motorcycle yet?
Mike
Good question, Steve. :)
My Carioca friend whom I met online before coming down here tipped me off. He's the one I went to the dance place with and this was a girl he knew. I wondered (to him) why she didn't write and he asked her about it the next time he saw her at the dance school. He can testify. I had to wipe my eyes after I quit laughing.
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