Thanks for the comments georgerm and JDL I agree with the hard wired survival instincts.
BFSleuth-Just like the Happy Camp stories out of Nor Cal, “The bear carried our cooler awayâ€! Must have been Yogi or Booboo.
I finally made some copies of the London Tracks and poured a couple casts for my coworker’s little boy. My coworker had it laying by her desk when my boss comes in and looks at it. She, the president, is well aware of my interests. She looks at it, gets a very concerned look on her face, and then asks, “Reallyâ€? I say, “Really E., they are as real as you areâ€. She then says, “Well let me ask you a question…where did you buy that shirtâ€? I loved the redirection.
I was having dinner in Chicago with a coworker’s family. His brother tells a story of having a coyote stalk his small dog in a city park. After the story my coworker outs me and says, “Well, Chris has seen a bigfootâ€. Immediately the brother says, “Must have been a bearâ€. Gee, thanks. Of course when he told his story I didn’t suggest that his downtown Chicago coyote was actually a collie.
Anything but the truth if it makes you feel better. Indeed ignorance is bliss. Hell, I sometimes wish I didn’t know.