When one walks into the famous Metropolitan Museum of Art the last thing you would expect is one of the highlights of the entire endeavor to occur in the bathroom. So, there we were...Crystal and I in the middle of Manhattan taking a little "break" from the photography exhibit only to overhear a trio of 80-year-old southern belles in the bathroom.
"This paper is sooooo rough," says one southern laden accent to another from the stall.
"It hurt my bum, who knew paper could be so rough," explains the next stall over while the third primps her hair in the mirror.
We try not to giggle, but the conversation was just hysterical.
"Who brought this paper in here anyway? The Russians?" At that I think we burst into giggles. The conversation ricocheted back and forth until they assured themselves that toilet paper had never been so rough and their bums were sure to be sore.
After Crystal said hello and they commented on her earrings...they did mention they were three widows traveling together making the most of their lives now. It was an "ah ha" moment, the next great American Novel...could surround those three ladies. But it was also reminder of how great they were making their lives. Loved ones had been lost, but they were making the most and enjoying the time they had now....maybe not including the METs tissue paper ;)
3 comments:
haha! Yes! "didn't Queen Nefertiti wear earrings like that, dear?"
Ummm...yes, ma'am?
I love them. People are the greatest treasures in the world. How appropriate to find them in a museum, even it was in the restroom. (;
oh my that is so funny! probably absolutely hysterical to actually HEAR it!!
and who likes rough toilet paper anyway!!!
sara
I would have been giggling! Too funny!
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