At a wedding in Seattle last weekend occurred one of maybe the five proudest moments of my whole life, in a mere two-sentence exchange:
Line at the bar. Girl I do not know — or rather, do not know that I know — requests two glasses of wine, and immediately begins to chug the first one. When she’s about eighty-five percent through, I say
“If you do that with the other one you’re my new hero.â€
Girl finishes, looks at me, and says
“Nuh-uh. I’ve heard about you.â€
Someone trying to take my place.
Hee. Knowing all sides of that story just makes it funnier.