Lions

At lunch today I tried to tell a table full of people about an experience TheGoat and I had at the zoo in Baton Rouge. The gist of it is, there was a lion, and after we had already gone past it, we heard it roar, and we ran back to watch and hear it. It was pretty incredible because there was just so much sound coming out of this lion, and it sounded (to me, anyway) nothing like the lions I’ve heard in movies.

As I was telling this story, a guy asked, “Was it awesome?”

In point of fact, it was. I think I would describe this lion’s roar as awesome. TheGoat would back me up. But he wasn’t really asking. He was trying to be funny and sarcastic by trivializing the story.

I don’t remember what I said, but then he asked, “Did you shake in your boots?”

I said, “We were wearing tennis shoes, I think.” Put he just wouldn’t be put off. “Well, did you shake in your tennis shoes?” After that I ignored him. What I wanted to do is punch him in the face.