Irony Maiden

If you have ever been to Disneyland, you have probably made the mistake of getting on the "It's a small world" ride. If you're like me, you then most likely had the song, "It's a small world, afterall" stuck in your head for the next 14 years. BUT, as much as I hated the ride (and the following 14 years of torment in my head), the message is on point - it is INDEED a very small world.

On Sunday, I went to play tennis with a girl I dated last year. We'll call her "Tina"*. Things ended on good terms and we figured out that we are better friends than whatever it was that we were. So, anyway, before we started playing, Tina told me she had started dating this new guy. Interesting, but not where the story gets interesting.

So, she told me about the guy and it was pretty standard stuff, grew up in Hawaii, went to like an ivy league school or something, walks on water, etc. Again, story still not interesting.

After tennis, Tina and I grabbed lunch and she got a text from her new guy. She was originally going to get something to take home to him, but instead he decided to join us for lunch. Finally.... we are getting somewhere in this story.......

So new guy, "Walter" shows up and we chat for a few minutes. Seems like a nice guy. I start telling some stupid story about something that happened over the holidays and mention that I'm from Kansas. THIS is where the story gets interesting. The conversation verbatim:

Walter: "Hey, wait a minute, where did you grow up in Kansas"

MCA: "In the capital city, Topeka"

Walter: "Oh, really, I lived there for a year when I was pretty young"

MCA: "How old are you again?"

Walter: "I'm 30. [Pause] Yeah, we lived on Pembroke Lane**"

MCA: "Wait a minute, WHAT? Are you f*cking serious? I lived on Pembroke Lane too. What's your last name?"

Walter: "Roth"

MCA: "Oh my god. You're not going to believe this. We grew up in the same house - my parents bought the house from your parents"

NO WAY! What are the ODDS? Unbelievable. I can't say I remember him, I just remembered a bunch of kids running around the house when we visited. I also remembered his sister because I thought she was hot at the time (I think I was 8 when we moved in). Tina clearly has a thing for dudes that lived at 1940 Pembroke Lane (see below). Geez Tina, branch out a little, would you?

Funniest part of the story is when I called my mom to tell her what had happened. I filled her in on all of the details, including one detail that I had found out after we left the restaurant - that Walter's mom is a clown. My mom busted out the comment "she is STILL a clown? wow, I can't believe it". Guess Walter's mom has been doing kids birthday parties for quite awhile.

And the CRAZIEST part of the story is that his dad is David Lee Roth, head of Van Halen! Ok, now I am just making crap up. You really had to be there to truly enjoy the stupidness, but I thought it was bloggity blogs5 worthy. Stay Sexy San Diego.

* For the record, her real name is Tina........ although if I was going to make up a name, Tina would be a good one. Famous Tinas: Turner, Yothers, Fey, a disproportionate number of porn stars, etc.

** Readers Note: this is an 8 block street in Topeka - a town of nearly 200,000 people. SO, unlike what most of you are thinking (there are only 2 roads in Topeka), it actually is a decent sized town....even if it is a dump.