I know I piqued curiosity as to my "exciting" evening! You all know me too well - normally, I am sarcastic when I say things like, "I just had an exciting evening". Only this time; well, it was exciting.
The other day my friend Trish told me that her brother had found a WWII knife at a lawn sale here in town. He owns an antique shop and was planning on selling it there. However, she immediately thought of Craig because everyone knows about his interest in WWII military collectibles.
I called Craig and told him about the knife and he was interested in it. He asked if there was any way that I could see if I'd be able to bring it home so he could look at it after work. I called Trish and we were able to make arrangements so I could take it home so Craig could check it out.
So, I brought the knife home, Craig checked it out and decided that it wasn't anything that he was interested in. I sent a text to Trish to see if she wanted me to bring it over - it kind of worked out because her son was at Pik Qwik.... this gas station/quick mart kind of thing. I said, "cool" and brought it up to the store.
I had only met her son once before, so I couldn't really remember 100% what he looked like. When I drove in, I saw his truck... it seemed that he was there with a couple of friends, so I just quickly hopped out of my car - I started to hand the knife to him and said, "John?" (made-up name) The guys looked at me and said..."No?!" I thought, "Crap! I can't remember what he looks like!" Just then, he and his sister drove up - I told them how I just got the wrong truck and probably scared the crap out of them!! Yup. I totally felt stupid.
I got home and was doing some work when Craig called me from outside - I walked to the front door to come face-to-face with two police officers!! A SHERIFF AND A LOCAL OFFICER!!! (I swear this is true)
"Were you just at Pik Qwik with the silver Saturn?"
I smiled nervously and said, "Is this about the knife?" (I swear)
So, I had to tell them the ENTIRE story... including mistaking Trish's son's truck with the other kid's truck!!
I guess my threatening Italian self made the guys nervous...(profiling?) so, they decided to warn the cops that there was this psychotic Italian chick uptown wanting to ice some guy named, "John" with a World War II Army knife.
The GOOD thing in all of this; I think it's good that teenage boys are concerned about people with weapons! Seriously! Normally kids are kind of like, "Whatever", but these guys were concerned for the safety of the public!! LOL (Too bad it was at my expence!!)
I called my friend right after they had left and said, "Girl!! You are never, never, never, never, EVER going to believe what just happened!!!!" Yes, she got a huge kick out of it and there was MUCH laughter over the phone! It was pretty dang funny.
Oy vey!!
