When you have the right word on the tip of your tongue?
\nWorse even when you’re dealing with another language. <\/p>\n
The truck I was following had a back brake dragging, and as I pulled alongside I watched it burst into actual flames. I honked and the driver rolled down his window. <\/p>\n
“You’re on fire!”
\n“Que?”
\n“Fire! Fire!” <\/p>\n
He smiles and mimes a gun pointed at his cab ceiling- “Bang Bang!”<\/p>\n
I’m temporarily at a loss because I can’t remember the Spanish for Fire. “Mucho caliente!” I holler and he mimes wiping his brow. “Si!”<\/p>\n
Oy. Finally it comes to me. “Fuego! Fuego!” I point to the back of his truck. he looks in the rearview and screams- his left back is engulfed. He parks the truck and runs to the back with a fire extinguisher the size of a beercan. A cop is pulling up behind him, and the light changes, so I move on. I never did find out what happened but on my way back there wasn’t a big flaming truck, so I assume he got it out. <\/p>\n
Summer has come to the Midwest. Jean Sheperd accurately described it as a 500 lb woman on a camp stool; moist and oppressive. I thank the Lord for the work of Mr Carrier, and the men who bring the oil and coal and uranium out of the ground so we can enjoy that cool. <\/p>\n
So long as we can, we should be enjoying it. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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