When I was up in Vermont a few weeks ago, we had dinner with a group of friends one night. The evening was full of laughs and recurring jokes. A few of the attendees had interviewed a prospective assistant earlier that day. They explained that the interviewee was a young woman who worked for a podiatrists' association. She told the panel of interviewers that part of her job was to carry around an actual human leg (from below the knee down) that the podiatrists could practice on.It was all they could do to get through the interview without making light of that part of her job. They managed a few comments like, "That must have given you a leg up on the competition."
After they told the story, everyone at the dinner chimed in now and then with another leg joke that could have been made at the interview:
"I'm sorry, but we're going to have to cut this short."
"You may think we're pulling your leg . . ."
"I'm gonna go out on a limb here and ask . . ."
"Now, we don't mean to stump you with all these questions."
I got a high five for that last one. Actually, I was on a roll making people laugh, prompting one of our friends to declare, "Now appearing nightly, folks!" as she gestured toward me. We all had a great time.
I thought of the wonderful woman whose gift brought about our trip to Vermont. Our evening with a terrific group of people, enjoying good food and having a bunch of laughs, was attributable to Elinor's generosity. There are all kinds of positive things that flow from being good to others. A woman like Elinor really stands apart from the crowd. (Sorry--I had to get one more in!)
After they told the story, everyone at the dinner chimed in now and then with another leg joke that could have been made at the interview:
"I'm sorry, but we're going to have to cut this short."
"You may think we're pulling your leg . . ."
"I'm gonna go out on a limb here and ask . . ."
"Now, we don't mean to stump you with all these questions."
I got a high five for that last one. Actually, I was on a roll making people laugh, prompting one of our friends to declare, "Now appearing nightly, folks!" as she gestured toward me. We all had a great time.
I thought of the wonderful woman whose gift brought about our trip to Vermont. Our evening with a terrific group of people, enjoying good food and having a bunch of laughs, was attributable to Elinor's generosity. There are all kinds of positive things that flow from being good to others. A woman like Elinor really stands apart from the crowd. (Sorry--I had to get one more in!)
