Is it O.K.?
February/20/2008 03:09 PM Filed in: Random
This is very simple. I am going to ask a question, then tell the story behind it, then ask the question again. Is it O.K.?
1. Is it O.K. to bump someone with your elbow while on an airplane?
I was flying somewhere recently. Since I was on the inside and there was very little room, the arm rest of lifted up. What this meant was that the guy next to me was already rubbing shoulders with me for the entire flight. I guess that's how it goes.
Well, I fell asleep and I woke up to elbow bumping me. I look over and this guy has his hands on his balls, scratching those bad boys like a coddamn scratch and sniff sticker. Guy's elbow was bumping only because of the ferocity of the ball scratch. I looked at him in the eye and waited for him to stop, but he didn't. The scratching only came to a halt when I coughed extremely loud to get his attention. Still, he didn't look like he was ashamed or sorry. He actually looked a little annoyed.
So, I ask you, is it O.K. to bump someone with your elbow while SCRATCHING YOUR BALLS on an airplane?
2. Is it O.K. to copy your friends business card?
Last year about this time, I thought it would be cool to have a business card that had the toomuchrodbenson.com on it. While trying to figure out what else to put on there, I decided on my phone number, email address, and "professional basketball player" for the work info. Still, I thought that it needed something more. It needed something that defined me and separated me from everyone else with the boring card.
JGant and I talked about it and he suggested that I use my MySpace display name: "The Renaissance Man". It was a great idea. I already go be that name on myspace, so why not add it to the card to give it a kick on hilarity? My final card said that I was a "Professional Basketball Player / Renaissance Man". It always gets a good reaction.
Well, a few months later, JGant called me and told me that his card had finally been ordered. I was excited because we hadn't talked about the card issue since I had gotten mine in the mail. I asked him what his looked like and he emailed me the preview picture.
J. Gant Renaissance Man
Boom Tho 415- XXX-XXXX
I was like "Jason, what the hell is this?"
"What you mean what is this?" he asked.
"I mean why does your card say that you are the renaissance man?"
"I couldn't figure out what to put so I just put that. It just works so well."
"Well, it's on my card too buddy. Now we are just team renaissance?"
"It's not like we will give them to the same people, Rod."
"Of course we will! We do all the same things with all the same people! This is ricodamdiculous right now."
The dialogue continued for a while, but it was too late. JGant and I now had the same title on our cards. Not just any title, but MY title, and a memorable ad distinguishable title at that. Great, just great.
So around new years when I was down in LA, the two of us went to AREA nightclub to get our party on. I got in before J and went right to the bar. The bartender was very attractive and flirtatious, so I stayed there for a long time. I ordered all my drinks from her and kept my dancing to that part of the club. Well when the night was done, I went to hand her my card, just in case you know, and she starts reading it.
"Is this a joke?" she asked me.
"No, no jokes here," I answered in my best 'get the girl' voice.
"Well, your friend, the other renaissance man, already gave me his card earlier."
I walked away. I kept walking until I found JGant.
"You gave her your card too! The coddamn renaissance man!"
"What you mean bro? The bartender? Oh yea, she said I had no chance so I just slid her the card real quick."
"No way. I did have a chance and the renaissance man thing killed it. I knew this was happen."
So, I ask you, is it ok to copy your friends business card?
3. Is it OK to act crazy in the street late at night?
The story behind this can be seen right here:
1. Is it O.K. to bump someone with your elbow while on an airplane?
I was flying somewhere recently. Since I was on the inside and there was very little room, the arm rest of lifted up. What this meant was that the guy next to me was already rubbing shoulders with me for the entire flight. I guess that's how it goes.
Well, I fell asleep and I woke up to elbow bumping me. I look over and this guy has his hands on his balls, scratching those bad boys like a coddamn scratch and sniff sticker. Guy's elbow was bumping only because of the ferocity of the ball scratch. I looked at him in the eye and waited for him to stop, but he didn't. The scratching only came to a halt when I coughed extremely loud to get his attention. Still, he didn't look like he was ashamed or sorry. He actually looked a little annoyed.
So, I ask you, is it O.K. to bump someone with your elbow while SCRATCHING YOUR BALLS on an airplane?
2. Is it O.K. to copy your friends business card?
Last year about this time, I thought it would be cool to have a business card that had the toomuchrodbenson.com on it. While trying to figure out what else to put on there, I decided on my phone number, email address, and "professional basketball player" for the work info. Still, I thought that it needed something more. It needed something that defined me and separated me from everyone else with the boring card.
JGant and I talked about it and he suggested that I use my MySpace display name: "The Renaissance Man". It was a great idea. I already go be that name on myspace, so why not add it to the card to give it a kick on hilarity? My final card said that I was a "Professional Basketball Player / Renaissance Man". It always gets a good reaction.
Well, a few months later, JGant called me and told me that his card had finally been ordered. I was excited because we hadn't talked about the card issue since I had gotten mine in the mail. I asked him what his looked like and he emailed me the preview picture.
J. Gant Renaissance Man
Boom Tho 415- XXX-XXXX
I was like "Jason, what the hell is this?"
"What you mean what is this?" he asked.
"I mean why does your card say that you are the renaissance man?"
"I couldn't figure out what to put so I just put that. It just works so well."
"Well, it's on my card too buddy. Now we are just team renaissance?"
"It's not like we will give them to the same people, Rod."
"Of course we will! We do all the same things with all the same people! This is ricodamdiculous right now."
The dialogue continued for a while, but it was too late. JGant and I now had the same title on our cards. Not just any title, but MY title, and a memorable ad distinguishable title at that. Great, just great.
So around new years when I was down in LA, the two of us went to AREA nightclub to get our party on. I got in before J and went right to the bar. The bartender was very attractive and flirtatious, so I stayed there for a long time. I ordered all my drinks from her and kept my dancing to that part of the club. Well when the night was done, I went to hand her my card, just in case you know, and she starts reading it.
"Is this a joke?" she asked me.
"No, no jokes here," I answered in my best 'get the girl' voice.
"Well, your friend, the other renaissance man, already gave me his card earlier."
I walked away. I kept walking until I found JGant.
"You gave her your card too! The coddamn renaissance man!"
"What you mean bro? The bartender? Oh yea, she said I had no chance so I just slid her the card real quick."
"No way. I did have a chance and the renaissance man thing killed it. I knew this was happen."
So, I ask you, is it ok to copy your friends business card?
3. Is it OK to act crazy in the street late at night?
The story behind this can be seen right here:
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