{"id":573883994,"date":"2012-10-05T23:19:42","date_gmt":"2012-10-06T04:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/?p=573883994"},"modified":"2012-10-09T11:09:02","modified_gmt":"2012-10-09T16:09:02","slug":"bet-the-beatles-never-made-afghanis-dance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/blog\/2012\/10\/05\/bet-the-beatles-never-made-afghanis-dance\/","title":{"rendered":"Bet the Beatles never made Afghanis dance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Someone, a school teacher, and the newest person at the table, asked how we all knew each other. We were having dinner on the deck as the world spun by, enjoying a nice evening out on a warm autumn night. There were people around, but we were probably the loudest and definitely the funniest.<\/p>\n

And I realized, as I looked around this table, that I was the strongest link. I’m almost never the strong link. I win the table!<\/p>\n

Silly, I know.<\/p>\n

There was my friend from undergrad, who was back in town for the game this weekend. She’s a missionary in England, where she’s somehow working magic with free trade coffee growers and … it was a long and complicated story. There was Brian, who’s down to cover the football game. We worked together and have been friends for years, of course. <\/p>\n

There was The Yankee, who as usual found herself outnumbered. Everybody at the table was from Alabama or Georgia. <\/p>\n

(I told the story again of the time last summer<\/a> when a man in overalls found out she was from Connecticut and he pulled out his .45 and showed off his AR-15.)<\/p>\n

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Across from her was the Army officer. We only met last year, but he grew up in all of the same places as I did and he majored in history. We get along. With him was his date, the teacher. And she was a pistol. We think we approve, but it turns out she’s a Georgia Bulldog, so we’re on the fence.<\/p>\n

It was a fine time with nice people. After yogurt we spent the rest of the evening watching YouTube videos on the television. <\/p>\n

What did people do before YouTube? This is a great way to evaluate the sense of humor of people. <\/p>\n

Here’s the Army version of Call Me Maybe:<\/p>\n

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Think the mortar crew was zeroing in? Think they had to work hard to talk the Afghanis into dancing along?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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