...And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street.

I have spent over 20 years working in a location that is only 5 minutes from my home. About 2 years ago, my agency opened a new house in Stormville, NY, which is about 30 - 40 minutes away. It is funny how ya never really notice the world in 5 minutes. But add a longer trip, and you start to see some funny ass stuff. A couple months ago, I was driving home from work, and I decided to stop off at the Cumberland Farms in Beekman for my occasional scratch off. So I buy my ticket and I'm sitting in my car with the window down, and the radio up. Now if you know me, you know that the window isn't down, and the radio up, with me singing to the top of my lungs. So there I am, scratching my ticket, singing out loud to "Still The One" by Orleans. As I happen to look up, I see this guy standing in front of my car with a suit on. He too was scratching a ticket. The only difference between him and me...I mean other than the fact that I was in a car, he wasn't, I wasn't wearing a suit, he was...was that I was singing, and he was laughing. At first I paid no mind, but then it started to bother me that this guy seemed to being enjoying this a bit much. All the while, I'm thinking this guy looks vaguely familiar. If you are familiar with the song, towards the end of the song a bass singer chimes into the chorus with his deep "still the one". At this point, the guy walks over to my car, leans his head in the window, and starts singing that bass part. Caught totally by surprise, all I could do was look at the guy and think...WTH!! But then it dawned on me why the guy looked familiar. It was Representative John Hall. But not just Rep. Hall, but the same John Hall who wrote the song and sang it with Orleans. I hope it won't be long before I run into Darryl Hall...or maybe Ric Ocasek.
Anyway, then there was last night. As I was driving home from work, coming down Halls Corner Rd. (Maybe it's just the name Hall that is funny), and I hit a turkey. A turkey? YES! A turkey. So I pull over and get out to see if he was alright. I don't know why expected that he would be...but I digress. So I'm standing there thinking do I call the police, DEC? After a few minutes, another car pulls up to see if I'm ok. I said yes and explained what happened. The guy gets out of his car, walks over and taps the turkey with his foot. He looks up at me and says," Yup, it's dead". He then proceeds to pick the thing up, he walks over to his car, throws it into the trunk, and drives off. Really?? I was dumbfounded. What the hell just happened here? I tell ya I caint make this stuff up.