Some people should not be let near canyons

8 Nov 2008

Picture the scene: near the south rim of the Grand Canyon. I am walking along the road back to our lodge about 20 minutes after watching a beautiful sunset. Two girls in their twenties are walking the other way. It is — this is important — almost dark. As we're passing, one of the girls asks me a question.

Girl, in strong Southern accent: Did we miss the sunset?
Me: (speechless for several seconds) ...What?
Girl, with identical intonation: Did we miss the sunset?
Me: Err... yes, the sun set about fifteen, twenty minutes ago.
Girl, loudly: Darn!
Me: ...Sorry.

I don't know which is more disappointing: that I couldn't think of a spontaneously funny response (like “yes, but if you go west really quickly, you can probably still catch it”, which came to me ten minutes later in true Treppenwitz style), or that this person will probably breed.

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Posted by clc on Saturday, November 8, 2008 at 8:35 PM

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