At breakfast

[prolium]

I was finished breakfast (at my local diner) this morning and went to the cash to pay when an odd man (sort of scruffy, a bit smelly) came up to me and asked "Were you in love when you came in today?" I didn't know what to say and went back to paying my bill. He then went over and showed me the gloves I'd left on my seat. ("Were you wearing

Comments

[d_willrobinson]

Help me! I think I'm falling...

...in gloves, again.

[lieseldenver]

That is such a perfect, tiny story.

[charlotte_webb]

I agree, although I don't quite get it.

Then again, I lost my gloves Saturday night, so I suppose I should.

[neutron]

Once, someone asked me, "Do you need an extra pen?" and I heard, "Do you need an extra friend?"

stuck with me for a while.

[sodoff_baldric]

The cover art for the U.K. version of the Pixies 1988 "Gigantic" single featured a single glove. Supposedly, the artist had misheard "our big, big love" as "a big, big glove" and it was just too perfect NOT to use it.

[downward__dog]

Another cryptic hobo story.

[prolium]

The overheard in the office link from there is pretty good, too.