There is this crazy looking, nerdy old guy at my new job. I don’t work with him but for some reason. I see him everyday in the halls. He wears his pants up above his belly button and his watch halfway up his forearm (because he’s a really skinny old, nerdy version of Dr. Emmett Brown from the Back to the Future trilogy). He has stringy white hair like a mad scientist and he’s always mumbling to himself in the hallways.
I usually steer clear of him but when I saw him the other day, he was leaning against a wall in the direction that I was going. He was reading a bulletin board and started walking as I turned the corner. He was far enough ahead of me that I figured it would be safe to walk at my current pace.
But NO!
He turned and looked at me with a Gargamel-esque grin. He stopped directly in front of the lab that I was about to infiltrate!
I’ll admit, I did get a bit apprehensive even though the guy probably weighs 57 pounds.
He said to me, “You know, the Romans sure had a lot of gall.”
I said, “Uh… why’s that?”
He said, “You know Gaul… with Caesar… they seized it.”
I said, “Ohh… (nervous laughter because he might rip my throat out of my neck with his toenails).” And I immediately leapt behind him for the lab door.
But I did hear him mumble, “Well, so much for that one.”
He’s going to eat me for lunch one day.
Beware the Revenge of the Nerds.
