We invited some of my friends and Primo's bar and political friends to meet us at a nearby bar for Sunday night karaoke, which is the absolute best kind as it starts at the reasonable hour of 7:00 p.m. instead of the usual musician/bar time hour of 10:00 p.m.ish. Or 10:30 p.m.ish. I treasure my sleep. By 10:30 p.m.ish, I want to be in bed. So the early bird karaoke is my kind of thing. Perfect.
Not that we were there at 7:00. All the good intentions in the world will not make Primo on time. Blesshisheart. I am a "on time means getting there five minutes early" person and Primo is a "as long as the sun is still in the sky, I'm cool" guy.
Which works just fine with his bar and musician friends, but I had invited non-bar, non-musician friends.
So when we walked into the bar at 7:40, we found my friends waiting. They had been there since 7:00. Because that's when I told them we would be there.
My stupid fault, of course. I should never have told them we'd be there at such a ridiculously early hour. Although I have pointed out to Primo that he needs to get a better on-time record if he is going to be a serious candidate. Bill Clinton can get away with being late because he's Bill Clinton. Primo cannot.
My friend Dawn had a present for Primo. Dawn is a big Stripes supporter. She has volunteered for the Stripes Guy for Governor. She likes to argue with Primo. More power to her. I hate arguing with him, so am always happy to find someone who will deflect arguing from me.
She handed him a bag that was tied with ribbon. Primo carefully untied the ribbon and pulled out a wrapped tube. He peeled off the tape, then removed the wrapping paper. It was a tube of paper. He opened it.
It said, "Stripes Guy for Governor."
I started laughing. Dawn laughed. Keith, my other friend, who is also a Stripe, laughed.
Primo bent over double laughing. "This is hilarious!" he said.
"You can put a photo of that on your facebook campaign page," Dawn suggested.
Primo shook his head. "Oh no. Noooooo. The Polka Dots would not appreciate this."
I'm sorry, wait...is Primo a stripes or polka dot guy? I guess I could look back through old posts, but you know...I'm already distracted...
ReplyDeleteBTW, yours is my totally favorite blog. I especially love the stories about Primo's parents.
He's Polka Dot - which was the joke. (I hope I have kept this straight throughout the story. I have a word document where I have all the code names because it's hard to keep track.)
DeleteThank you so much for your kind words!