A young man walking through a supermarket noticed an old lady following him around. Thinking nothing of it, he ignored her and continued on. Finally he went to the checkout line, but she got in front of him.
''Pardon me,'' she said, ''I'm sorry if my staring at you has made you feel uncomfortable. It's just that you look just like my son, who just died recently.''
''I'm very sorry,'' replied the young man, ''is there anything I can do for you?''
''Yes,'' she said, ''As I'm leaving, can you say 'Good bye, Mother!' ? It would make me feel so much better.''
''Sure,'' answered the young man.
As the old woman was leaving, he called out, ''Goodbye, Mother!''
As he stepped up to the checkout counter, he saw that his total was $127.50.
''How can that be?'' he asked, ''I only purchased a few things!''
''Your mother said that you would pay for her,'' said the clerk.
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Mundane Journeys through an Amazing World begins with Interstate 80. Not the most engaging topic, I know, but when you think about it, I-80 runs all the way across the North American continent linking San Francisco and New York. It's not just a ribbon of asphalt, it's a portal to far away, almost magical places.
My visits to major cities like Tokyo, London and Washington DC have been business affairs. I haven't rode a lot of roller coasters or ridden in open air buses, but I have visited with senators, bought yams from the back of a truck and barely escaped complete embarrassment when I was introduced to Matt Wiener in Vegas.
As I wrote the book I realized that over the years exotic, distant places have become more like the mundane places I've called home. But, as it turns out, there really aren't any mundane places, only mundane ways of looking at things.
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