but it'd be funnier if you actually saw the "mouse dance" in real life yesterday.
i'm really, really, really not fond of creepy-crawlies. i'm not the bug killer in the family. spiders, snakes, bugs, you name it. if the extension on the vacuum is long enough to suck'em up, cool. if there's a broom and they're not to big, i might squish them with that. otherwise i'm going the other way and pretending they don't exist. so of course, genius that i am, i join the army. let's discuss the self chastising that goes on in my head when i'm bellied up to a spot of cover or concealment and i'm watching something big and creepy crawling towards me and i'm making all sorts of bargins with God, if he'll just make it turn around and go in the other direction.
so i'm now the personnel clerk on top of all the extra jobs i'm doing for people. so yesterday i was standing up, pulling some personnel records out and out of the corner of my eye i see this big black thing streak behind my feet and a split second later i feel something climbing up the back of my boot. so i do the mouse dance (at this time i thought it was one of the big black scorpions. it HAD to be!) and start doing convulsions and doing the "eyie-yie-yie-yie-yie" thing. and that poor mouse got kicked off and shot up about 6 ft into the air until we were looking eye-to-eye before he dropped and ran off.
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Oh Sean! LOL!!! Crying..can't breathe!!!
They say that lauging is exercise for your insides...if this is true, I got a solid 30 minute work out!!! :) My sides will hurt tomorrow!
Naturally, I have an equally funny and humiliating dance when I encounter a "critter" and I make funny noises too! :)
Whew...that was funny! :)
Cora,
thanks for reminding me. of course there were ruff'n'tuff army guys in the area, all of whom will give me loads of grief for the forseeable future now that they know my kryptonite...
thanks for sharing though, it's easier knowing that i'm not the only one...
julie. alligators huh? the things that get to be 8' long and can snap you in half with their jaws? a little harder for me to laugh at that one. :)
Great story. It's funny what big strong guys are scared of. when I worked for a PD, I was hospitalized for a week or so when I was pregnant with my son. Every day, the guys from my unit trooped up to the maternity ward to visit me, in full tactical gear.
One day, shortly after they arrived, the nurse came in to change out the IV and insert a new IV needle. Half those big burly testosterone laden men looked like they were going to faint. Yeah, they wouldn't hesitate to run down a dark alley after a guy with a gun, but they were scared of needles.
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