I just got back from visiting my family in the Midwest and while I was there I found out that at the end of last school year my enterprising little brother starting selling bottles of pop to the other kids on the bus after school. He’s 15.
For some reason I find this both hysterically funny and totally inspiring. He said he’s always super thirsty after school and he’d pay just about anything for a drink and figured other kids would, too. So he started bringing extras with him on the bus and selling them for a premium. He’d send his best buddy up the aisle asking people “Hey man, you thirsty?”
When he was just a toddler, we used to say about my brother that he carries his party with him. No matter where we were or what we were doing, his mischievous little spirit was juiced with festivity.
Which I also find totally inspiring. Carrying my party with me is pretty much the goal of my life.
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While we’re on the subject of pop…
A few months ago I heard the funniest joke from an older cowboy gentleman. (Warning: I was working on a production, delirious from lack of sleep, so “funniest” is relative.)
Older cowboy gentleman says quickly to you: Como esta frijole coca-cola?
You say: ?
He repeats: How you bean, Pop?
Ahahahhaaaa. This might be especially funny to me because my pop calls pop pop. Still.
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I love that story. So inspiring.
Pop sounds so funny to me now. It’s hard to believe I said pop instead of soda for 20 some odd years. I guess it really is all what you get used to.
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