***Sometimes I have the original idea to do (or say) something to make Junior not happy with me. Ok that’s not so original (It’s a daily occurrence sometimes caused by simple existence). Today’s Friday Email is all about “Original.” Have a great weekend!***

Being yourself makes you an original.  I always wondered if cops give tickets a lot less often on rainy days.  It might not be the most original idea as some people probably have wondered the same.  I saw a guy clearly slide through a stop sign.  He stopped like 30 feet after it.  The cop sitting there at the stop sign waiting to pull someone over just ignored it.  I told Junior I’d buy him lunch one day.  He laughed and said when is the last time you bought me lunch?  I was doing the math in my head and thinking hmm what year was Covid and then I was going back several months…umm years before that.  I guess it was an original idea to buy Junior lunch.  He said why do you do it when Moise isn’t here today?  Uh Junior it’s 1 less person to buy it for.  Junior said he was going outside to get some sun (sun that would be original lately based on the weather we’ve had).  I look out the window and see absolutely nothing but dark clouds.  Uhh Junior are you going to Miami to get that sun? Junior was looking for his glasses (original he misplaced them).  The problem is when you aren’t wearing your glasses, and you need to find your glasses you usually need to wear the glasses to find those glasses Junior. Abby told me to sit down on her little kid’s chair.  Original idea for a grown person to sit on that tiny little kids chair Abby.  Moise comes to me with his empty tape dispenser.  I know you did this, he says.  What are you accusing me of using the tape and leaving it empty Moise?  I mean I do use your tape all the time because I don’t have one (so part of your original accusation of me using your tape is accurate)…but it’s been on your desk empty for months.  Moise sees my phone charger plugged in.  He says he needs one to charge his phone.  I told him, Moise, ” I don’t think my phone charger is going to work in that 20-year-old (original) phone you use.”  Moise was trying to put this little sprinkler/pool together for the kids.  I was assisting him (instantly you know this wasn’t going to go well).  The original idea was let the kids have fun in water during the summer.  Attempt #1 We get an air pump and start pumping air to inflate the little kid’s pool.  Moise stops and says this is not right what we’re doing.  Attempt #2 Moise starts blowing air into this pool himself.  Some people say I’m full of hot air but if Moise kept blowing air into this pool for the next 12 hours (until he passed out) he may have been able to get the pool inflated to about 5% capacity (and that’s being kind).  Attempt #3 We inflated the pool with water.  It worked.  Like a sprinkler coming out of the pool holes.  But now you have to keep the water running nonstop.  Moise says this is going to run up quite a water bill.  Well, you should have stuck to your original thought and pumped air into the pool instead then.  Who needs water in a pool anyway?  Now when it comes to doing your timesheet just remember the original idea is to do it on Fridays.  Please do your timesheet on time today and remember if you try to blow air into something and are about to pass out before it’s even 1% full you’re probably doing something wrong.

Have a great weekend!

Anthony