Why is it that when I'm looking for staples at work I always overlook them, despite the fact that they have the word, "Staples" blazoned across the box? It's because Staples is the store they were purchased.
I've always wondered if this is intentional. It doesn't matter, I can never find it when I go looking for them anyway.
This is a conversation that happened outside of the graduate library at school. A man was walking up the sidewalk, I think he was eating a salad or something. He stopped momentarily then he saw me coming the other direction and said, "A black squirrel". I looked at where he was pointing and laughed. I told him that this was actually the second one I've seen today, the other one was outside the other entrance of the graduate library...I doubt it was the same squirrel.
Anyway, the man said, "that is actually the first one of those I've ever seen." I laughed again. The he paused and said, "only in Detroit!" and continued to walk down the sidewalk eating his salad.
Now every time I see a black squirrel I'm going to think of Detroit.
A co-worker sent me this article from the Onion this weekend. It was too great not to share.
