Sunday 10 July 2011

Weird conversation

I took a long ride today (which I’ll post on later) and I had stopped at the Tim Horton’s in Bancroft for a break. I was sitting on the curb beside my bike with a cigar in one hand and an iced cappuccino in the other – just chillin’ - when a minivan pulls into the spot beside me. An older, white-haired gentlemen gets out, looks down at me and says, “Nice day.”
“Yes,” I said “it’s beautiful… hot, sunny.”
“Well you don’t want to overdo it. 70 years ago I was born with a mole on my back and they had to remove it last year.” he said. “Melanoma. 70 years I had that mole and it was okay until last year.”
Not being quite the topic of conversation I was expecting I was a bit taken aback and mumbled something like “70 years, eh?”.
“Yep,” he said. “My mother is still alive – she’s 92 – and she told me to watch out for that because it was going to give me trouble some day. She was right. 70 years.”
He shook his head. “Enjoy your day.”
And with that he walked into Timmy’s and I was left thinking, “Thank god he didn’t have colorectal cancer.”

4 comments:

  1. Dear Canajun:

    I killed a mole in the garden yesterday, but it probably wasn't the same thing. I hope he didn't have an old man growing on his back.

    Fondest regards,
    Jack/reep
    Twisted Roads

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  2. Jack - My condolences to your mole and his/her/its bereaved family, which I'm sure are busy digging memorial tunnels in your back yard at this very moment.

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  3. Good one, had me laughing in middle of work... You got to love these incidents :)

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  4. Roy - They do make life interesting. Thanks for stopping by.

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