A COOL DUDE

If you are of a certain age, this fella will still make your heart flip! This photo (Anon-Internet) and the little story were sent to me by Jane in British Columbia. I laughed and laughed – the story is "just me"! The last paragraph shows why.

An American woman and her family were vacationing in a small New England town where Paul Newman and his family often visited. One Sunday morning, the woman got up early to take a long walk.

After a brisk five-mile hike, she decided to treat herself to a chocolate ice cream cone. She hopped in the car, drove to the center of the village and went straight to the combination bakery/ice cream parlor. There was only one other patron in the store – Paul Newman, sitting at the counter having a doughnut and coffee.

The woman's heart skipped a beat as her eyes made contact with those famous baby-blue eyes. The actor nodded graciously and the star-struck woman smiled demurely. "Pull yourself together!" she chides herself. "You're a happily married woman with three children! You're forty-five years old, not a teenager! " The clerk filled her order and she took the ice cream cone in one hand and her change in the other. Then she went out the door, avoiding even a glance in Paul Newman's direction.

When she reached her car, she realized that she had a handful of change but her other hand was empty. "Where's my ice cream cone? Did I leave it in the store?" Back into the shop she went, expecting to see the cone still in the clerk's hand or in a holder on the counter or something. No ice cream cone was in sight! With that, she happened to look over at Paul Newman. His face broke into his familiar warm friendly grin and he said to the woman, "You put it in your purse!"


Years ago when the children were young I drove out of the Bearsden Post Office car park with them in the back seat of the car. Cars kept flashing their lights at me. "Cheeky so-and-so's", I thought! Finally one driver coming towards me put his arm out the window and pointed up to the roof of his car. "Look Lady! Roof of your car, Stoopid!" I stopped, got out, and found my handbag ... still there where I'd placed it!