Keys and Earrings - and the Future of Humanity!

Well there are a couple funny stories from the past few days...enough irony and laughs to be worth writing about at least. Let's start with my mother.

She opens my door the other day to tell me a story...

She had just gotten done with her work out at the club and hit the 'unlock' button on her car keys. Most newer-ish cars have such things but if you're confused here's a picture of what I'm talking about.



so there is an unlock button along with a 'lock' and 'panic' and sometimes a 'trunk unlock or open' one as well. Mom's keys have just the unlock/lock and panic.

Well, she pushed the unlock and nothing happened. So she pushed it again. When she told me this story she didn't elaborate on this part but i can easily imagine her flustered and trying a different angle, pushing it faster, slower, pointed up or down...but that's all imagining (feel free to imagine with me!)

At some point she figured out the unlock button no longer works. "Maybe it has a battery?" she tells me. Well yes mom, i'd imagine it has some sort of power source that makes it work...unless it could tap into the energy in your hand through your skin and...no, a battery makes sense.

But now there is a delima. She can't unlock her car. She considers calling the husband to bring the spare but wanders inside to ask the helpful lady behind the desk (i am sure car trouble advice is in her job discription). Mom asks her what the skinny red button at the top does (i'm guessing she didn't push it yet) "It's a panic button...it won't unlock your car. BUT you could just use it like a key. You know, like, put it in the door."

HAHAHAHAHA -you've gotta be laughing at that! i totally was. I think mom did. I'm guessing the girl behind the counter waited to laugh until mom left.

My siblings and i gave mom a bluetooth handsfree cell phone device. While explaining it to her she became flustered with 'all the technology'. There's 3 buttons - it'll be ok mom :-) i think she is in a very fragile state somewhere in between being confused / stressed with modern technology and forgetting 'olden days' common sense! But as long as she doesn't forget how to tie her runnin shoes i'm sure the rest will work itself out.

sooooo...on to the next thing that recently made me laugh. I got my ears pierced. At 21 i finally sucumbed to the 'pressure' and went for it. There really wasn't much pressure to be honest. Dad asked me how long i had been thinking about doing it, and what brought it about. "Oh, yesterday a friend said i should...that's about it"

before i continue here's an 'in the moment' funny thing. I needed a picture of an earing/ear/piercing...something so i went to Yahoo Images and typed 'single ear piercing'. the first picture was of 4 guys with multiple piercings - this was the second shot (don't worry, this isn't what i did!)



Anyways, i'd forgotten i am allergic to metal. If i wear jeans and/or a belt without having my shirt tucked in i'll get a rash. the pain for fashion legacy lives on! anyways, i forgot that part and am hoping these don't give me a problem that way. It actually hurt a lot more than i thought it would (maybe i have sensitive ear lobes?) No worries, i didn't cry in Walmart...but i can see how a little 10 year old would!

Are you waiting for the funny part? ok, here it comes, first the lady who pierced them says to me...ok, just clean them twice a day with this solution on a roll of cotton...and be sure to turn them as you clean. At that moment, in the store, all i said was ok. When i got home that night and attempted to have a roll of cotton in one hand, and then my other (untrained) hand somehow turning the earring...basically all i got was a shreded cotton roll that was now wrapped around my fake diamond! instead of a sparkley cute earing i had ear fuzz! :-) I now wonder if most girls get this done at 10 yrs old...and do just fine becuase thier mom's do the cleaning for them! I am slightly too proud to ask my mom to clean my earing though...so i probably won't be surprised if it gets infected.

But the fun doesn't end there. I read the box for 'directions' thinking maybe they would give some helpful advice to a newbee...this is what it had to say ...besides the regular directions i just mentioned "thoroughly cleanse hands before touching earrings and ears. Use a cotton swab to apply antiseptic. Protect ears from irritants, shamoo, soap, hairspray, etc." ok, not at first glance no big deal...but really to protect your ears from such things you'd need little ear coverings! I mean, dust and smoke and tons of other things can be included in the 'etc' part of that...so really for six weeks after piercing your ears you should walk around with little 'ear booties'! Now, wouldn't that change your desire/perception of getting your ears pierced! Funny mental image at least :-)