ocg's Diaryland Diary
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Hamster King and other tall tales
My sweet baboo works the night shift as a RN, and as pretty much the only male RN on the floor each night, finds new and interesting ways of relating to the women that he works with. His favorite way is the "Totally Unbelievable Story That I Attempt To Convince Them is True."
In the past, he's made up many stories, which he usually would test out on his friend Ben. Sometimes Ben bit, and sometimes he didn't. There was the story about wanting a midget army (a joke that got to the point that he is no longer allowed to say the 'm' word around me), and the descriptions of his collection of pliers that (for whatever reason) really creeped Ben out. He even had Ben convinced that they dissected a fetus during nursing school. Yes, a human fetus. Now, Ben isn't totally gullible- actually he's pretty smart- but had no frame of reference, having never attended nursing school. So the sweet baboo strung him along for a while before he let him know that it wasn't true.
Most of these stories, however, would not be appropriate for his current work setting, so he came up with a new one.
He comes home the other day and tells me that he needs a picture of him riding a giant hamster, because he had made up another tall tale, and needed "photo evidence".
The story goes that he went to the Himalayan Mountains and captured a 'deadly giant hamster that knows karate' and has a cloaking device that makes it invisible, which is why most people have never seen them before. He lassoed it and brought it back to North America, where it currently resides in Guadalajara, because it prefers the warmer climate. We have a Hamster Ranch there that pays for itself, because we breed the hamsters and sell them to celebrities, who have to sign a nondisclosure form.
He is very detailed in his stories. And, of course, I laughed so hard that the 2 ½ hours it took me to put this thing together for him, print it, and also print wallet sized pictures to hand out to the ladies at the hospital seemed like such a small price to pay for the joy he’s had showing it around.
And so, I present you the Hamster King.
5:42 p.m. - 2005-01-10
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