So, here's a funny story for you.
Years ago, when I was working for Ye Old Central Bank, I had the blessed privilege of interacting with a wide variety of tough guys - otherwise known as Wells Fargo Men. (Now they're Loomis, but back then, they were Wells Fargo, and let me tell you, they were a treat and a half.) Because of the size of our coin shipments, both in and out of the bank, we had some real characters who'd make deliveries to and from the bank. One of my personal favorite delivery guys was Thor. (Yeah, Thor, as in the
God of Thunder.) Thor was built like a friggin brick wall. I'm not even kidding you. He was just barely taller than me, but his shoulders were, I swear, about 4 feet wide. He had the most incredible square jaw, and the highlight of my week was when he'd make the coin delivery and I could watch him throw quarters. (I know, I'm so shallow.) He could palm a box of quarters, people. It was impressive...
Anyway, Thor. Thor was an amazing specimen of humanity. And he was nice enough, but he wasn't much of a conversationalist. He'd come in, deliver my coin, grunt a hello and/or good-bye, and then he'd be gone for a week. One day, he came in and as I was signing the manifest, he surprised me by asking if I was a fan of Winnie-the-Pooh. Weird, right? This is how it went down...
Thor: So, you must really like Winnie-the-Pooh?
Me: Uhm... I guess. The books more than the movie, but yeah.
Thor: That's what I figured. A. A. Milne's Pooh, not Disney's.
Me: Uhhh... yeah.
(insert awkward silence here - I was so confused as to where this was coming from)
Me: But how would you know that? What made you ask?
Thor: Christopher Timothy Robin (nodding toward my hand)
Me: Huh?
Thor: Your ring.
Me: What?
Thor: C-T-R ... Christopher Timothy Robin
Me: ... silence
Thor: I've never seen a ring like that, so I'm just guessing that's what it stands for.
Me: ... more silence - utter confusion (I mean, we were in UTAH, for goodness sake, land of the CTR ring wearing public, and he'd never noticed one before?)
Thor: Anyway... I just thought it was cool.
Me: Yeah. Well... thanks.
Thor: They're really good books.
And then he left, amazingly enough, never to come back. I still don't know it he was pulling my leg. Never, ever, anywhere in my life, have I seen a reference to Christopher Robin having a middle name. I don't even know where that came from, but it was one of the oddest days in my vault-working life. I looked down at my CTR ring today on my finger and remembered that episode and had a good laugh, and I wanted to share.
Gosh, I love Pooh-bear. I also love random memories. On top of those two things, I love that I have this nutty blog, where I can type this kind of totally random thing, and you read it. (Thank you, my reading public, for indulging me. You all really are the best, ever!)
I really do have the best life ever. ... Now, I think I'll go read something warm and fuzzy before I head to bed. I'm feeling the need for a little House at Pooh Corner tonight.