If This Were In A Movie, You'd Call BullSh*t

Though finding meaning in coincidences is an absurd past-time, as we are subjected to an enormous amount of stimuli every waking moment, and our brains are trained to look for patterns-- so if we occasionally didn't note coincidences, that would be extraordinarily strange . . . if the song you were just humming didn't start playing on the radio or if you never ran into the old friend the same day you found a photo of him or her in the drawer, then that would be an improbable life . . . but still, sometimes coincidences are bizarre enough that they border on the unbelievable (remember the opening to the film Magnolia?) and if you are a fan of this blog, then you might remember the Two Fox Event, but that pales in comparison to this more recent coincidence . . . which I will call The Three Turtles in Two Days Event: Friday, on my way to work, I nearly ran over a large painted turtle that was inexplicably trying to cross Fifth Avenue-- so I stopped the car, grabbed it, threw it in the driver's seat, and drove it home so my kids could check it out . . . we let it go in the lake later that day-- and then Saturday morning, I was riding my bike up Second Avenue and nearly ran over an Eastern box turtle-- which was also inexplicable trying to cross a busy road-- so I grabbed this turtle and rode home one handed (I did drop him once, but he seemed fine . . . it's nice to have a shell) and we went through the same routine . . . my kids played with him a bit and then we let him go near our secret salamander spot . . . and then later that day it was Ian's birthday party and as a special treat we hired a reptile guy, who brought many large reptiles, including a giant black and white tegu, an alligator, and, of course, the third turtle to temporarily reside in my yard in the span of two days.

9 comments:

rob said...

it was in a movie, but all the turtles knew crazy martial arts shit

Squeaky said...

This sounds like some kind of angle to get on late night tv.

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Dave said...

is late night tv that bad?

zman said...

You had an alligator in your house but you find turtles in the back yard remarkable?

Whitney said...

Welcome to the world of Dave. He got The Cult tattooed on his leg without batting an eye but you what really freaked him out that year? Mayonnaise on Italian subs.

Whitney said...

Dave, how did you decide which letter to asterisk in the title? Is that an accepted standard? Is it up to the user?

zman said...

Mayo on Italian subs is a bit weird. I'm surprised that the "delis" didn't put ranch dressing on Italian subs. Virginians put ranch on everything.

Dave said...
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Dave said...

i still tell people up here in jersey about the mayo on the "italian" sub. shocking. just shocking.

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