Verrrry Interesting

                                                Verrrry Interesting


Life is funny, not in the sense of “Ha-Ha,” but interestingly funny.

In the 60’s and early 70’s, there was one TV show that was both comically funny and interestingly funny, with a broad range of characters, Laugh-In.

The skits and jokes were done in such a way to actually be offensive yet tactful, and no one seemed to get offended.

One such skit was of a WWII German soldier, who basically was still fighting the war. Arte Johnson was the Comedian/Actor, and he wore the long woolen gray German uniform coat complete with the metal helmet.

His character was shown standing in a sideways profile holding his cigarette from the bottom and as he slowly turned to the camera he would speak in a German accent and say—“Verrrry Interesting.”

His remarks was addressing a statement about a skit that preceded his segment.  He would usually follow up on his “Verrrry Interesting” statement with one of two other comments, “but stupid” or “but not very funny.”

Laugh-In was basically an hour  long comedy show about stupid but funny things and a way of release from the stress of the day.

It was comedy.

The human race is “Verrrry Interesting.”

During my tenure of traveling this vast country as a sales guy or a “Road Warrior” as I liked to refer to myself, I encountered a lot of interesting things.

I frequented restaurants alone and shared my evening meal with—just myself and I always enjoyed playing little games.

I would sit at my table and watch people and their habits. I watched as they interacted with the members of their family, how they ate, and how their children acted.

I watched as some people sat beside someone at the bar and totally ignore them. I watched others as they intruded on the person next to them who were trying to stay to themselves.

One of my favorite games was to try and match the cars in the parking lot to the people in the restaurant based on their mannerisms.

I know what you are thinking, come on get a life, but after all I was alone and had nothing else to do but eat and people watch. Sometimes I will guess correctly, but then again I was wrong alot too.

Despite what anyone tells you, it is okay to be wrong sometimes.

One of my favorite episodes of Everybody Loves Raymond, is the one of Robert, Raymond’s older brother eating cereal.

Before he would spoon up a bite of cereal, he would always touch his chin with his knuckle.

Verrrry Interesting how we are creatures of habit.

We all have habits or idiosyncrasies and sometimes they can drive the people around us crazy.

Little things become big things when they are irritating.

Crunching chips, chewing with your mouth open, popping gum, and with todays generation using electronics.

 I am fascinated by the lack of communication families have today due to electronic devices.

At almost every table in a restaurant, you can witness a family sitting there with their nose buried in their phones and pads.

Doctors offices, grocery stores, driving in the car and yes, church.

I understand that in today’s world you can get anything you want, answer any question known to man, and watch anything that has ever been recorded on a smartphone.

I also understand that you can receive any bible translation known to mortal man on these small computers too.

However, as I am sitting in a service and I see people fervently typing, it makes me wonder if they are changing the sacred words to the translation.

Now before anyone goes and gets upset with the preceding statement, I do understand that you have the ability in some apps to add notes to the application for your personal benefit.

That may be what a few are doing, but how many?

On a local news channel recently, a researcher had a list of about ten most stressful things in life.

Forgetting or losing your smartphone was next in line under a terrorist attack.

How many times have you turned around and gone back to the house or panicked when you did not have your cellphone.

Verrrry Interesting how we are creatures of habit.

I have several eating establishments I really enjoy, places where the food is outstanding and the menu extensive. The majority of the time, I will order the same thing every-time, why, because it is safe.

I know what I am getting, I know it will be good and it makes me happy.

I am the same way with TV, I enjoy all the old shows, ones that I have seen forever and ever, why, because they make me feel comfortable.

Two of my favorite movies are, “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” and “Grease.” I know each frame and what will happen next.

MASH is one of my favorite TV shows, come on who doesn’t love watching the zany antics of Hawk Eye and Trapper.

We Americans like more, it seems that more is better. I have around 250 channels on my satellite network and I watch maybe twenty, but I have the other two hundred-thirty, just in case something happens to come on one that I want to watch.

We go out to eat and our eyes are bigger than our stomachs and we order the biggest, just in case we don’t get enough to eat and then we wind up wasting what’s left or maybe taking home a doggy bag.

I didn’t know we had a dog!

Who says you can’t eat your dessert first, is there a written law somewhere that states that.

Growing up I thought it was illegal to not eat spaghetti on Wednesday night.

Let’s face it we are all creatures of habit and those habits a lot of times are handed down from generation to generation.

All habits are not bad, I feel the habits of reading to your children at night and listening to them say their prayers are great and should be passed from generation to generation.

The habit of constantly telling the people you care about that you love them is a good habit to create.

Hold that thought, my wife just texted and says she is bringing home a pizza for lunch,

“Verrrry Interesting.”