Funny Moment With SWMBO Today... (JIMGA will appreciate this one...)

[Ben E Lou]

We had a nice day today with somewhat low humidity, so SWMBO decided that she wanted to go to Downtown Decatur and enjoy eating outside. Well, for those who ain't from 'round here, Downtown Decatur is a rather, um, interesting place. I think SWMBO captured it well when she commented, "Y'know, down here, no one even notices an interracial couple. Heck, you could be an interracial couple with an extra ear each and STILL pretty much blend in here." Well, at any rate, we forgot to bring change for a parking meter. We get out of the car, take about five steps, and we see a person walking perpendicular to our path. We see the person, but the person doesn't see us. Here's my best transcript of what ensued:

BEN'S INNER MONOLOGUE: Hmmmmmm.....I wonder if that's a guy or a girl...

SWMBO'S VOICE: Excuse me sir....

DOWNTOWN DECATUR RESIDENT WALKING PAST: {stops and turns, faces us}
BEN'S INNER MONOLOGUE, while SWMBO is finishing the above sentence: Man, she's so much more cosmopolitan than me, and pretty ballsy too. How could she tell so quickly that it was a guy???

SMWBO'S VOICE CONTINUES: ...do you have four quarters for a dollar. We need change for the parking meter.

DOWNTOWN DECATUR RESIDENT {in high-pitched, obviously-female voice}: No, I don't, I'm sorry.

BEN'S INNER MONOLOGUE: WHOOOOOOOOOPPPPPSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SWMBO'S VOICE: Oh my goodness. I'm so sorry ma'am!

DOWNTOWN DECATUR RESIDENT: {continues walking, appearing completely undaunted}




What struck me as a bit odd about this encounter is that when SWMBO said, "Sir", this woman turned and immediately faced us, and also that she didn't seem upset, angry or embarrassed in the least bit at being referred to as "Sir."

[Buccaneer]

For what it's worth, our humidity today was in the single digits.

[MrBigglesworth]

"Y'know, down here, no one even notices an interracial couple. Heck, you could be an interracial couple with an extra ear each and STILL pretty much blend in here."
Are interracial couples not normal in GA?

[MJ4H]

Are interracial couples not normal in GA?

boy you aint from round here ur ya

[MrBigglesworth]

boy you aint from round here ur ya
I didn't realize how backwards it really was down there, I guess. I thought people that said things like that were just anti-south.

[ice4277]

I didn't realize how backwards it really was down there, I guess. I thought people that said things like that were just anti-south.

I don't think its necessary a 'down there' thing. Can't say I know of (or see) many around the Detroit area either.

[MrBigglesworth]

I don't think its necessary a 'down there' thing. Can't say I know of (or see) many around the Detroit area either.
Maybe it's just a northeast thing then.

[JonInMiddleGA]

What struck me as a bit odd about this encounter is that when SWMBO said, "Sir", this woman turned and immediately faced us, and also that she didn't seem upset, angry or embarrassed in the least bit at being referred to as "Sir."

Probably named Pat.

[GrantDawg]

I didn't realize how backwards it really was down there, I guess. I thought people that said things like that were just anti-south.


In areas of the South, it would still be uncommon. Not so much in the urban and suburban areas, though. And Suburban describes pretty much all of North Georgia.

[Antmeister]

We had a nice day today with somewhat low humidity, so SWMBO decided that she wanted to go to Downtown Decatur and enjoy eating outside. Well, for those who ain't from 'round here, Downtown Decatur is a rather, um, interesting place. I think SWMBO captured it well when she commented, "Y'know, down here, no one even notices an interracial couple. Heck, you could be an interracial couple with an extra ear each and STILL pretty much blend in here." Well, at any rate, we forgot to bring change for a parking meter. We get out of the car, take about five steps, and we see a person walking perpendicular to our path. We see the person, but the person doesn't see us. Here's my best transcript of what ensued:

BEN'S INNER MONOLOGUE: Hmmmmmm.....I wonder if that's a guy or a girl...

SWMBO'S VOICE: Excuse me sir....

DOWNTOWN DECATUR RESIDENT WALKING PAST: {stops and turns, faces us}
BEN'S INNER MONOLOGUE, while SWMBO is finishing the above sentence: Man, she's so much more cosmopolitan than me, and pretty ballsy too. How could she tell so quickly that it was a guy???

SMWBO'S VOICE CONTINUES: ...do you have four quarters for a dollar. We need change for the parking meter.

DOWNTOWN DECATUR RESIDENT {in high-pitched, obviously-female voice}: No, I don't, I'm sorry.

BEN'S INNER MONOLOGUE: WHOOOOOOOOOPPPPPSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SWMBO'S VOICE: Oh my goodness. I'm so sorry ma'am!

DOWNTOWN DECATUR RESIDENT: {continues walking, appearing completely undaunted}




What struck me as a bit odd about this encounter is that when SWMBO said, "Sir", this woman turned and immediately faced us, and also that she didn't seem upset, angry or embarrassed in the least bit at being referred to as "Sir."

LOL....this just seems like a normal encounter on the West Coast.

[Ben E Lou]

In areas of the South, it would still be uncommon. Not so much in the urban and suburban areas, though. And Suburban describes pretty much all of North Georgia.True, not uncommon here. Remember, exaggeration is often used to enhance a humorous point. ;)

[Ben E Lou]

Probably named Pat.Much more thin than Pat, but just as outwardly androgynous.