Always in trouble with the ladies...

April 9, 2002

So I'm at the cafe this morning when a mother and her two kids walk in. As she is trying to get her coffee, the older kid leans on the counter with a sly look:

"Not much tips, huh?" The tip jar, being 6:30am, is, of course, empty.

Instead of some snappy comeback, I say, "We could always use more."

"I got something for ya." The kid reaches into a pocket, and I wonder if I've sunk so low as to need money from a brat.

In the kid's hand, is a bunch of sunflower seeds. The brat's sly look is still there, the hand hovering over the tip jar.

I say, sarcastically, "Funny guy."

The kid takes off her hood, "Funny girl."