Listening to my friends talk about the COVID-19 test I thought it was going to feel like getting a lobotomy.         “They stick a swab so far up your nose, I felt like it was going into the back of my eye,” one said, but when free drive-through testing was offered in my little Florida beach town I went. I can pinch a penny until Lincoln starts crying and if something is free, I’m going to get one, even if it means being skewered like a corn dog.         The test was mildly irritating. You tilt your head back and they do, indeed, poke a swab up your snoot farther than you’d expect it to go. It felt like I’d been bike riding and got ladybug stuck up my nose, a sensation which lasted about 45 minutes after the actual sticking. It wasn’t as bad as I anticipated, but I’d anticipated getting my eyeballs yoinked out through my nostrils.  Anything else was emotional found money.     What left a more lasting impression than the test was ...
 
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ReplyDeleteI loved when he looked at you when you said "black." And THEN..... !
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Liz- I want to go shopping with you next time you go! Vicky (one of your Twitter followers) :)
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ReplyDeleteClarence is a true treasure at Fairvilla and we genuinely miss his genuinely insightful, usually hilarious pearls of wisdom. Tell him we said adult store up here just aren't the same without him!
ReplyDeleteAt first I didn't realize he was in on it. I was just watching him check you out and respond when you said "black". Heh! I always enjoy your videos!
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