Words Never Before Spoken By Anyone Ever

Could it be that yesterday I heard a sentence never before uttered in the history of humankind?  See what you think.

Yesterday was Halloween Abundant Flamboyant on Main Street Beacon, NY—costumes galore, even a parade.

For our part as soon-to-be proprietors of a Main Street gallery named Playful Loving Deep (opening a week from today if the gods approve), my sweetheart presented free-for-the-taking on the sidewalk outside our front door a bin of a dozen or more hand-made masks she recently inherited from an old friend who died this past summer.

By afternoon’s end, all the masks had moved on to their next life, their magic having entertained many more curious souls that just those who actually walked away with one.

Among those lookers-but-not-takers was a woman costumed in what will be the punchline of this essay.  She was accompanying two children, both under ten, which later sparked my grin that she just might be a pretty fun adult to hang around.

While intrigued by the masks, picking up several, imagining what they would look like complementing her everyday wardrobe, the woman commented, “Boy, if I’d known these were here, I wouldn’t have dressed up as a hot dog.”

Could it be that yesterday I heard a sentence never before uttered in the history of humankind? See what you think. Yesterday was Halloween Abundant Flamboyant on Main Street Beacon, NY—costumes galore, even a parade. For our part as soon-to-be proprietors of a Main Street gallery named Playful Loving Deep (opening a week from