Sunday, May 17, 2009

Somewhat Unfortunate Domain Name

I was in Lakeville this afternoon at a kid's bowling party, and noticed this domain advertising a chiropractic clinic (Okeson/Burke): OBPAIN.COM. That doesn't seem quite right.

Speaking of bowling, I have an etiquette question. I was sitting in bar chair at a table near the bowling lanes, watching the kids bowl. Lakeville's Brunswick Lanes are party-central on Sunday afternoon, and there were parties going on to each side of where I was sitting. During the party, a mother, not from the party I was attending, was helicoptering, and checking on her son approximately every 60 seconds. This involved stepping between the table I was at and the table to my right, and bending over his much lower party table to see what he needed: juice, cake, reassurance, whatever. (I got to see another kid at this table fall to the floor on his butt, slamming his chin against the table on the way down. He was so anxious to get lemonade that he just didn't bother to look where his chair was). Anyway...this mother would check on her son, and bend over in front of me. Not several feet away. Not a foot away. But a couple of inches. A** almost in my crotch, moving back and forth. As the party went on, she kept getting closer and closer, and the last time she even bumped my knee. Not that she cared. She just kept on doing what she was up to.

So the question, should I have moved, even if it was obvious I was moving to avoid her by moving my pizza and cake? What if it impacted my ability to watch my daughter bowl? Should I have said "Excuse me?" Does the fineness of the butt matter? Does it matter that I was in a comfortable spot for sitting with a nice foot rest? Do you pay attention to where you're bending over when you're in public, or to where your wife or husband is bending over? Should I have slipped her a dollar?

8 comments:

CookieQueen said...

Was your wife there or someone who appeared to be her husband? Sounds like she was making you an offer - so my answer would be - yes, the fitness of the behind matters!

klund said...

First off, I am slightly afraid to click on VENKAT's link, so I won't. Seondly, you should probably have held a fork, knee level, pointy end out. If she pokes herself a couple of times, she might pay attention to your space.

TallBrad said...

What if she was trying to get poked?

Scooter said...

If she was trying, it was very stealthy. She seemed pretty oblivious. But I don't know that she isn't a sneaky actress. I like Klund's fork idea. Except (and this is true) they made me eat cake with a spoon.

klund said...

They were playing it safe. What if one of those kids was a terrorist?

Anonymous said...

I always pay attn to where I bend over, for precisely this reason. I like klund's fork idea, though I suppose you'd have had to use the handle end of your cake spoon. -PTW

Anonymous said...

Did you look around for Chris Hansen from MSNBC? I've heard they are doing a new show call:"To catch a MILF predator."

I bet she was a bait.

FD

She says said...

I totally was going to tell you to tip her a few bucks...!