Yesterday I stopped at a coffee shop built into the side of the cliff overlooking the ocean in the Miraflores area of Lima. I found a table on the patio and noticed a shopping bag under my seat with a pair of jeans and two Peruvian flags inside.
I picked up the brown paper shopping bag and, because I like doing things that can only be funny to me, held it over my head with both hands, while humming Peter Gabriel. Full ‘Say Anything’ Lloyd Dobler style.
I amused myself this way for a bit and then sat down with my coffee and kept an eye on the bag.
After about ten minutes a woman came rushing back for her shopping. She thanked me profusely, a lot, and left.
An older lady came over and started talking very rapidly, I explained that I don’t know Spanish and she simply repeated herself 10% less rapidly.
I can only assume she was letting me know she was as tickled as me by my Say Anything reference and is herself a fiend for classic 80s film.
She may also have just been saying that was a nice thing to do, guess I’ll never know.
A Bit Gone 