This story is a bit overdue, but my computer was on the fritz and this just couldn't fall to the wayside...About a month ago...JP, KyleBuddy, and The Mule were in the car which had been defaced by The Mule's namesake and heading to Minneapolis to see the Twins crush the hopes of JP and the rest of the Cleveland faithful. After a quick bite to eat and noticing the jailbait at a Subway, they get back into the car to finish the trek up to the Twin Cities. Upon getting in, The Mule notices that there is a rather large, leather-bound book in KyleBuddy's bag.
"Geez Kyle, did you bring along the M encyclopedia to read in case you got bored at the game?"
The comment was laughed at and dismissed. 10 minutes up the road, there was a discussion as to the commercialization of sports complexes and how most of them have sold out to corporate sponsors. JP says, "If I ever have the money to buy a sports team, I am going to name it the Mongooses."
A discussion follows regarding the plural form of a mongoose...is it mongooses, or mongeese? The Mule voted for mongeese, based on the precident of the Canadian Goose...and Mongeese would also be a cooler sounding team name. JP whipped out his 80's style phone and dialed up the Internet. Discussion continues as JP's phone contacts Al Gore to ask for permission to surf the web. 5 minutes later, JP has navigated to a dictionary site and confirms that the plural of mongoose is indeed MONGOOSES, much to The Mule's dismay.
A few minutes later, The Mule throws out another thought-provoking question..."What is the plural of Clitoris?" Is it as simple as clitorises? That doesn't sound very cool, especially if you have a studder or lisp! Or could it be something cool like clitori (like fungus/fungi)...or the ultimate of cool...clitoratti? The Mule was praying for "Clitoratti" as it really danced off the tongue...pun intended. JP gets out his phone again (it is the next model up from the Zack Morris phone) and begins the slow process of navigating the Internet on a phone. Mid-search, KyleBuddy chimes in with what The Mule considers thee #1 moment of the trip (even better than the foam finger pictured a few posts down)...
"OH YEAH, I GUESS I COULD LOOK IT UP IN THIS DICTIONARY RIGHT HERE..."
That's right, the giant book in his bag, the one The Mule had jokingly said was the M encyclopedia, was in fact a giant Webster's Dictionary. So all this time that JP was trying to use his phone, KyleBuddy has an actual dictionary in a bag by his feet! At this point, JP and The Mule are not sure which is more perplexing...Kyle not mentioning this during the Mongoose episode...or why the heck he is even carrying around a dictionary on a trip to a baseball game!
From the New Computer of The Mule Sty,
ScottyDont
KYLE JOHNSON
JP Derryberry.
Braden Yauk
3 comments:
That sums it up best
That sums it up best
that story is the essence of kyle. Is it the inability to connect two points fast enough of is it the laziness not to want to get it out of the bag.
the story expresses kyle's being to the core of him. It is the most simple and elegant way to describe his personality. I mean i have often thought of how i would describe him and it usually resorts to "you have to meet him to understand".
I think if i used this story as an anecdote to describe Kyle people would have a better understanding about what to expect or in some cases not expect from him.
excellent story.
GO HORNETS
Big Bear
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