Random story - mostly true
admin October 4th, 2007
The scene: Italy, on the coast of the Mediterranean. In a lovely clean hotel room with view of the lapping turquoise waves. A woman is dressing in front of a full length mirror.
Woman: (Thinking) I think I might have gotten some loose powder on my black shirt. I’ll need to dust it off. What can I use? Oh, there is a pile of old clothes. I’ll just grab something and dust it off of me.
She makes dusting motions on her chest and something dark flies to the ground.
Woman: (Again thinking) That’s odd. I wonder what that is. I wish I had my contacts in so that I could better see this thing. It looks kinda like a dead bug. Gross. But it’s pointy. Unlike any bug I’ve ever seen.
She peers down at the object. Her face is almost touching it
Woman: (To her husband) Honey! I think there was some nasty dead bug in our clothes. It looks very odd. Like a roach, but pointy…AAAHHHHHHHHHHeeeee!!!
The dark thing runs for cover, showing the unmistakable triangular shape of a scorpion
Woman: SHIT! It’s a SCORPION! I didn’t know they had those here. Why didn’t they tell me they had those here?
Husband: Well, I guess they forgot to tell you at the border
Woman: Well they should. Damn. I could have wiped that thing across my neck.
Husband: Exactly.
Did you know there were scorpions in Italy? Well, there’s one less now.