I’ve been having some of the strangest experiences on the L lately. Usually I tune out with my iPod, but my ears are wonky from the coughing, hacking, wheezing, etc. so I’ve been watching and listening to my fellow passengers more than I want. I can’t wait to be well again.
Parrot Talker to her cell:
“Hi Mom…yeah, yeah, the first day went well…we waited in this lobby and there were two parrots. The receptionist said they don’t shut up. Sqwuaaaaaa-ak! Hello, hello! all day long they go Sqwuaaaaaa-ak! Hello, hello!….yeah, it’s funny…no, they’ll talk to you, but if you don’t talk then they’ll amuse themselves, Sqwuaaaaaa-ak! Hello, hello!. It was the funniest thing…”
Parrot Talker was completely unaware of how her unexpectedly public imitation of parrots amused her fellow passengers. I wondered if she practiced her Polly wanna cracker for the next trip. I exchanged looks with the woman across the aisle and knew that she wondered too.
