Scene opens with Dave is seated at the malt shop with a red-headed woman, Sam. Enter the Roommate of [girl] ([girl] and Dave having been out several times) with Boy. Roommate and Boy join them at the table.
Boy: So, [leans forward earnestly] I have to ask: is it true? What you told [girl]?
Roommate looks to Dave with interest. Sam appears puzzled. Dave begins scanning his memories wondering what he told [girl], certain that it was probably TMI and very embarrassing.
Dave: Uh, what I told her about what?
Roommate: Looks nervously at Sam. You know. About your--tattoo.
A few years back I met [girl]. We started going out on dates. At some point I mentioned that I have a large tattoo on my upper back of a sickle and hammer (yellow, with a small red border to make it stand out more). Such a patently false statement that negating it was completely unnecessary. Sam, Boy, Roommate and I all laughed at how silly the whole thing was, and how silly [girl] had been.
I just ran into Roommate again. In our conversation she informed me that at the time [girl] had been saying, "Yeah, I'm dating this guy; he's a communist."
7 years ago
4 comments:
Let me get this straight...
You fooled all of them into thinking you didn't have a hammer and sickle tattoo on your back?
Won't they be surprised when you go to that pool party next weekend. Ha ha ha ha!
Wasn't there a teacher we knew in middle school that you claimed had a hammer and sickle tattoo underneath his beard?
Mr. Gaulke.
Hey, I remember Mr. Gaulke. He had a hammer and sickle tattoo under his beard? ;)
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