My brother went to Chicago last weekend to run the Chicago Marathon. I woke up Friday night hearing my phone vibrating because I had a text message from him: Hey - Are you up?
I wasn’t sure if he was having pre-race jitters and needed encouragement from the a fine athletic specimen like myself (Why are you laughing?) so I texted back: Yeah - what do you need?
Him: What was the name of the gum with the juicy middle?
Me: Funny. That’s exactly what I thought you were going to say. I cant remember. But now it’s bothering me too.
Him: Was it tidal wave?
Me: Eh. I don’t know…
It turns out it was called Freshen Up. I have no idea what prompted him to wonder this a midnight two nights before he was supposed to run 26 miles. I didn’t ask. It didn’t matter because we quickly switched to texting about how he didn’t get invited to his 10-year reunion and I blamed it on his class being a bunch of douchebags. I actually used the word “douchebags” which took me 20 minutes to text because I’m SLOW and LAME. The funny thing is, I was texting someone else yesterday (What is with me and the texting? I’m so hip!) and I was saying something about an EMT but my cell-phone popped up “douchebag” as an option.
And you know? I find comfort in knowing that my cell now has “douchebag” stored in the dictionary for any future needs. It makes my world feel a little safer.
My grandmother always kept Freshen Up in her purse. The first thing my sister and I did when we met at Shoney’s for dinner was fish through the purse for the Freshen Up. Had not thought about it in years.
Must now go eat a hot fudge sundae cake.
There is a new gum out now with juice in the middle and that makes me so unspeakably happy that it is pathetic, really.
I didn’t comment earlier, but happy anniversary, zoots!
I feel the need to text “douchebag” to someone, so that my phone will store it as well!
I think if you are over 25, you lack the texting gene - it takes me 20 minutes to text 5 words…
damn i texted you AND sent you a photo and no response…sigh…
Oh my god, I LOVED freshen up!!!
I am probably slower than you at texting..being that I don’t own a cell..and I have only texted on my husband’s cell a couple of times.
I think I text more then I call people. I’m on that thing all day!
I don’t get texting. I don’t get these newfangled portable tellyphones, either.
Wow, I am so lame. I only text if I have to and can’t call the person.
I thought y’all were thinking about Chewels. i LOVED that gum. Gone with the 80’s, as so many things are, but not enough, like leg warmers.
Oddly, I was just talking about Freshen Up the other day!