The Things They Say

Overheard in the local Post Office from man on crutches:

'I was doing the Elvis Presley thing at the end of the show and it just popped out.'

Overheard at the local KwikiMart:

Mother: 'No I won't let you share my drink.'
Daughter: 'Why not?'
Mother: 'Because you kiss boys. They have worms. You should kiss girls more often.'

Come Fly With Me

In my little card wallet I have credit cards, cards for wine-clubs, FlyBuys, BurgerFuel VIP discounts, ASCA membership etc. etc. and two airline frequent-flyer cards; Air New Zealand and Qantas.That's fine because they are each part of 'conglomerate' airline rewards groups with Qantas covering British Airways, American, Cathay Pacific etc. and Air NZ being part of the Star Alliance including Singapore Airlines, Thai Airlines, Air Canada, United, Lufthansa and a bunch of others so I can pretty much go anywhere with anyone and one of the two cards will hungrily gobble up points.

However, as I continue unpacking boxes I keep finding surprising and illuminating items, one of which yesterday was another little card wallet from ages ago. In it were membership cards for Herz, Hilton Hotels, Sheraton Hotels, Marriott Hotels, Delta Hotels, Fraser Valley Regional library, Vancouver Public libraries and the following airlines, admittedly some of them temporary; United, KLM, Virgin, Delta, Continental, American, Northwest, SAS, British Airways, and three for Canadian Airlines (remember them!). How insane is that? The three were an ordinary membership card, a 'President's Club' membership card and, get this, a V.I.P. pass to the Empress Lounge worldwide.The V.I.P. pass was because I used to be important when I was at Swim BC!

I wonder how many miles I've flown?