[CH] It's a small world after all
Parkhurst, Scott Contractor (SCOTT.PARKHURST@LEAVENWORTH.ARMY.MIL)
Fri, 9 Aug 2002 22:05:09 -0000
So, I'm at this little bed & breakfast in Bandon, OR,
at the breakfast table when one of the other guests comes
down. He's wearing a t-shirt with a chile motif and we start
talking chiles. He's from Australia and grows his own since
"their idea of Mexican food is a tortilla and a can of refried
beans". I mention I'm on this internet mailing list thing and
he says he's on one in Oz.
Then he says, " I know a guy who wins all the local chile
eating contests."
So I say, "His name wouldn't happen to be Luke, would it?"
He: "Yeah! Lucas!"
Me: "Luke Speer?"
He: "Yeah! Lucas Speer! He's a maniac! Always coming up to
me and pulling jars out of his pants saying 'Greg, look what I
just bought.'"
Turns out that this guy, Greg, is his neighbor. Who woulda
thunk that he would meet up with a guy who traded chile seeds
with his neighbor on the other side of the planet?
Scott... KCK