I was in a line at the supermarket the other day, and I had all my things on the little conveyor belt there. There's a gal in front of me that is staring at me... and I'm getting a little nervous. She continues to stare at me and I keep looking the other way. And then, finally she comes over closer to me and she says: "I apologize for staring, that must have been annoying. I, I... You look so much like my son, who died. I just can't take my eyes off you." And she proceeds to go into her purse and she pulls out a photograph of her son who'd died. --- And uh, he looks absolutely nothing like me. In fact he looks kinda Chinese.

Uh... anyway, we chatted a little bit. And uh, she says: "I'm sorry, I have to ask you. Would you mind, as I leave the supermarket here, would you mind saying "Goodbye mom" to me? I, I know it's a strange request but I haven't heard my son saying "Goodbye mom" to me, and "So long" and it would mean so much to me to hear it. And uh, if you don't mind I... " And I said: "Well, you know, okay, yeah, sure. Eh.. uh... I can say that." So... she, uh, gets her groceries all checked out. And as she's going out the door she waves at me and she hollers across the store: "Goodbye son!" And I look up and I wave and I say: "Goodbye mom!"  And then she goes.

And uh... So I get my few things there, on the conveyor belt and the checker checks out my things. And uh, and he gives me the total and he says: "That'll be four hundred and seventy nine dollars."  !!!! Uh... and I said: "Well, how is that possible! I've only got a little tuna fish, and uh some skimmed milk, and uh mustard and a loaf of bread..." He goes: "Well, well you're also paying for the groceries for your mother. She uh, told me you'd take care of the bill for her." And I said: "Well, wait a minute! That's not my mother!"  And he says: "Well I distinctly heard her say as she left the store "Bye son!" and you said "Bye mom!" and so what are you trying to say here, uh..." I said: "Well, &H:T!"  I looked out into the parking lot and she was just getting into her car.  And I ran out there.  And she was just closing the door, and she had a little bit of her leg sticking out of the door, and she was pulling away, and I grabbed her leg... and I started PULLING it! --------- Just the way... I'm pulling yours...