Velociworld

CHICKENS, HOME TO ROOST

When I was in my twenties I was having a business dinner with some Japanese clients. Steamship executives. Now, back in the '80's peeps used to drink a lot more than they do now at business functions. And so we started the evening off doing some shots.

As a round of shots would arrive someone would toast one of the Japanese ports. As in

"Ooooooosaka!" Down shot.

"Shimizu!" Down shot.

"Kooooooobe!" Down shot.

When it was my turn for some inexplicable reason I said

"Naaaaaaagasaki!"

Not cool.

To make matters worse, at dinner I was pretty blistered from the shots, and when the waiter brought our salads I plucked a mushroom from mine, stood it on end on the table, and said, well, I can't spell it, but the net effect was "Booooooom!"

Not cool either.

All of this by way of saying I have a job interview with this company in two weeks. I certainly hope they've had some churn in the old traffic department in the last 20 years.