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02-14-2009, 05:52 PM
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| | | A Friar Walks into a Hardware Store...
I got a huge laugh today at Home Depot. I had gone in to look for some spackling paste for a project I need to start, but got lost somewhere around the window shades department. I was completely engrossed in the operation of a particular roller shade, unaware of my surroundings, so I was a bit startled when a gentleman came up behind me and said, "There you are! I've been looking for the other guy in skirt!"
I looked down, expecting to see a kilt, but I saw instead that he is wearing the brown, floor-length habit of his religious order. I couldn't help but to burst out laughing. He introduced himself as Friar Chuck and we shook hands warmly. He asked if there was a particular reason I was wearing a kilt, and I gave my raison du jour.
Then he explained why he was on the lookout for me: "A woman told me, 'I never expected to see a man in a dress at the hardware store, but today I've seen TWO!'" Standing there in the middle of the store, we regarded each other and laughed together at the situation.
I chuckled to myself all the way to the mattress store, which is another story altogether...
Regards,
Rex.
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02-14-2009, 05:54 PM
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That is a great story, thanks Rex, I needed that.
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02-14-2009, 05:56 PM
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Great story, Rex.
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02-14-2009, 05:58 PM
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Fantastic story Rex!
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02-14-2009, 05:59 PM
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Great story, thanks for posting it. 
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02-14-2009, 06:07 PM
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Hope you didn't "take it to the mattresses"  Good story!
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02-14-2009, 06:08 PM
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LOL! Great story!
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02-14-2009, 06:12 PM
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MADE MY DAY !! THANKS 
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02-14-2009, 06:21 PM
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As many of the 'blue nuns' I have seen, never saw a friar in Cincy. (I forgot the order, but I think it was St. Rita or somesuch down a few exits from 275 at Glendale.
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02-14-2009, 07:47 PM
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That's very cool!!
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