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As my father and I were walking across a Safeway parking lot, a van pulled up beside us. The bald driver asked if we could help him. I thought he was going to ask for directions so I said "Perhaps." He asked us if we could understand his English since he said he was Italian. He related that he came from an Italian fashion show at the Convention Place in Seattle. As he was leaving for the airport, he told us he had some clothes in the back. At this point, he said something in what I thought was Italian. It was a crucial statement, of course, one that would tell us exactly why he is asking us for help. When I indicated that I did not understand him, he proceeded to relate his story from the beginning--and again spoke in something other than English at that crucial moment.
I could have asked him what exactly he was planning to do with his clothes but I thought that was a rude question to ask so I did not. For five minutes, he would relate the entire story from the very beginning, over and over again. Suddenly, it dawned on me that the guy was trying to sell us clothes. Hurriedly, I explained that we were in a hurry and that we had to go. "Ciao," he said and off he went driving around the lot.
Shaking his head, my father thought it was all a scam. "He's an extortionist!" my father said in a loud voice as we entered an Evangel store. "Well, we don't know that for certain," I replied.
It's curious though, we both think, that the guy wasn't selling his stuff at a location between Sea-Tac airport and Convention Place. He was in a Northside Safeway parking area, very far away from the airport.
Eventually, I heard of the same stories concerning my aunt and concerning a cousin. They both saw the same guy telling the same story and executing the same scam. I think we all were protected by God because we all were able to escape the bald man in the van. I say that because I can see myself falling for the trick. Clothes for cheap prices? Jewelry for almost nothing? In this crazy world of kidnappings, God still protects us especially when we look out for the concerns of the less fortunate, the widows, the poor, the orphan and the fatherless---a call that is oft-repeated in the Old Testament. Thank you Lord.
Here's a survey I found on the bulletin board in my friendster account. I liked it and it was brought to my attention that this survey makes sense. Please excuse the capitals.
1. Do you have an alias/a.k.a? what is it?
GAIL, GELAY, GIGI with G as in GORGEOUS.
2. What is your favorite ice cream flavor?
PLAIN OLD MANGO
3. What movie/s are you waiting for?
I WANT TO WATCH BOTH "KILL BILL" MOVIES. I'M
STILL WAITING FOR A SANDRA BULLOCK-HUGH GRANT
COMEDY THAT WILL BE SO MUCH BETTER THAN TWO
WEEKS NOTICE!
4. if you wanted to be in a band, what type
of genre of music would your band play?
POP, ALA CORRS
5. what is the weirdest thing you've ever
eaten?
FORTUNATELY, I DON'T HAVE THE STOMACHS OR THE
GREED OF FEAR FACTOR CONTESTANTS.
6. do you want to live with your parents
forever?
DO I WANT TO? YEAH, IT WILL SAVE ME MUCH AND I
WON'T HAVE TO COOK FOR MYSELF!
7. Where is the place you want to be right
now?
BED, CATCHING MORE ZZZ'S
8. What song do you listen to, to feel happy?
I'M ALWAYS HAPPY. NO NEED FOR THIS.
9. In The Lord of the Rings, who is your
favorite character?
I HAVEN'T READ LOTR. I KNOW, I KNOW.
10. In Star wars, who is your favorite character?
NOW, THIS ONE, I DON'T REALLY CARE ABOUT.
11.What movie/s made you cry?
LET'S SEE, THE MOVIE THAT MADE ME CRY THE
BIGGEST RIVER: THE HIDING PLACE.
12.Name famous people that you have a crush
on?
PIERCE "PAPA" BROSNAN, SEAN "WHAT SEXY KNEES HE
HAS" CONNERY...FROM THE MUCH YOUNGER BATCHES:
CHAD MICHAEL "I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU ARE SO HOT"
MURRAY
13.What is your favorite drink?
I'M VERY BORING. WATER.
14.What cartoon is your favorite?
TOM AND JERRY.
15.Who or What cartoon character do you wish
were real?
WITH ALL THE HOMER SIMPSONS IN THIS WORLD, DON'T
WE ALL WISH THERE'D BE MORE MARGES?
16.Paper or Plastic?
I LOVE THE SMELL OF FRESH PAPER. I CAN'T SAY
THAT OF PLASTIC, CAN I?
17.If you could freely kill just one celebrity,
who would it be?
I DON'T ADVOCATE MURDER... BUT I'D BE VERY HAPPY
IF ben affleck WON'T BE ALL OVER THE PLACE. I'D
BEEN THIS WAY EVEN BEFORE HE BECAME HALF OF THE
uber-annoying BENNIFER!!!
18.Coke or Pepsi?
COKE
19.In a week, how many times do you go
online?
ARE YOU KIDDING? I LIVE ONLINE!
20.If you could be someone else for a whole day,
who would it be..
THAT WOULD BE THE PERSON WHO GETS TO SPEND THE
ENTIRE DAY ON THE BEACH.
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