So Mike and I went to eat at this really yummy Thai place in Park Slope tonight called Song. During the dinner, it started raining and when we left, it had turned into a soft, yet annoying mist. Beautiful, yes, but we had about 20 blocks to go and didn't feel like walking the whole way while slowly getting drenched, so we decided to wait (and wait and wait) for the bus which never came, so we started to walk again. Then I had to go to the bathroom, so I snuck into this bar (which happened to be positioned with a bus stop right in front. When I exited the bar a few minutes later, the bus had already stopped and then left, but was a few feet up stuck at a red light. Mike said "You think we can beat it the three blocks to the next light?" So I took off, with him hot on my tail. Then the following two lights turned green, and Mike decided that it was a lost cause, so we stopped. Then he decided that he was wrong, and that if we hadn't stopped, we could have made it which really frustrated me because I had been running pretty impressively! So he started as if he were going to run off and try to catch it but looked at me for approval, and I said:
"Go on without me! I'll try to catch up!"
Then I thought (as I began running again), that I sounded like something out of a really dramatic scene in a Hollywood flick, but I couldn't think of any situation in real life (other than the bus scenario) for which that line was appropriate. So I decided I would ask you guys (sorry, I mean y'all) for scenarios. Okay?
So to review: The line is: "Go on without me! I'll try to catch up!"
You name the scene...
2 comments:
i couldnt think of any, so i cheated (googled).
google instead found "go away without me" and it turned out to be the most depressed person on the face of the planet.
In a throwback to the "tell stephen that high school sucked for all of us" and "we all want to kill ourselves from time to time so get over it" posts, i give you an example of someone who is worse off than you are:
http://www.amongstotherthings.com/2003/09/go_away_without_me.html
sorry, looks like i got cut off.. that last link should have had a "_without_me.html" on the end of it after "go_away". Now that it requires more effort to surf to, i doubt anyone will see it...but i give the option nonetheless. cut and paste.
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