Tighty Whities

It gives me great pleasure to discover other's embarrassing moments. It makes them seem more human to me, and not so perfect. Of course, when it is Jon's embarrassing moment, it makes it all the better...

Jon and Gable go to the community center on Tuesday mornings. It is their time together, just the two of them. So this past Tuesday, when Jon was signing in, Gable was tugging at Jon's shirt. Here is the story as I understand it:

Gable: (tugging at Jon) Dad! Dad!

Jon: (does not reply. Apparently he is using all of his concentration up on signing in. You know, name, time in...it can be all-consuming you know.)

Gable: (louder, now with purpose) Dad!!! Dad!!!

Jon: (again, says nothing, keeps trying to figure out if he needs to sign in 'Jon and Gable Price' or 'Gable and Jon Price')

Gable: (starting to panic) DAD!! You have a pair of underwear hanging out of your pants!!

Jon: (still, focused, does nothing)

Gable: (looking around for help) Dad!!! Underwear! Pants! DAD!!!!

Jon: (finally comes to his senses, starts to circle around like a dog chasing his tail looking to grab the elusive pair of tightie whities that are hanging out the bottom of his pantleg. Bends down, picks them up, straightens up...is now eye-to-eye with the lady behind him in line. What to say, what to say??? Got it...)

"Oh, that's strange."

Lady behind him: (What to say? What to say??) Uh, that's okay, I've seen a lot worse. (Whatever the heck that means)

Gable: Dad, I kept trying to tell you!

As I hear it, Jon then stuffed the underwear into his pocket and carried them with him all day. Hopefully he didn't forget about them when he went into the gas station to pay. Imagine pulling out a wad of money along with your whities.

I love an embarrassing story.