{"id":1006,"date":"2005-04-01T18:55:00","date_gmt":"2005-04-02T02:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beltdrivebetty.com\/wyzwmnsworld\/?p=1006"},"modified":"2010-09-29T18:31:16","modified_gmt":"2010-09-30T01:31:16","slug":"zippy-the-clown-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wyzwmn9444.live-website.com\/?p=1006","title":{"rendered":"Zippy The Clown"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was reminded
today at work
about the time I was Zippy the Clown
for a day<\/p>\n

well
actually
it’s prolly happened more n oncet in my life
but this one bears repeating<\/p>\n

so 2 summer’s ago
I was about to make the big trek over the Coquillhalla to go to Summer Stomp
(for those of you non-riding, non-BCer’s -that’s a weekend motorcycle bash held in Salmon Arm)<\/p>\n

well you know me
I’m a girl scout
so I get me all prepared like
I buy all the supplies I need to go camping for the weekend
cos I can carry everything but the kitchen sink on my big green motorPickle!
and while I’m doing so I buy a tube of lip gloss that has SPF 30 in it
cos I always sun burn my yap when riding in the summer<\/p>\n

round about the same time <\/span>
I also bought a tube of vivid red gloss
prompted by the Voice of Doom
who spends a lotta time squawking <\/span>
about me not doing face paint no more<\/p>\n

anyway
the day I start my holiday dawns bright and clear
the sun is shining <\/span>
and there I am <\/span>
waiting for the first ferry of the day
to get off this big ole rock<\/p>\n

on the ferry I go
across the sound I go
off the ferry I go
skirting the city I go
on to Hope and the Coquillhalla I go
about half way over the mountain there’s a toll booth<\/p>\n

I am havin a blast!
first holiday off the island since I moved to BC
and I am motoring coolness<\/p>\n

it occurs to me <\/span>
a<\/span>s I am blasting along in the sunshine
that I’m likely burning my yap <\/span><\/p>\n

without looking
I reach in my pocket
grab a tube of lip stuff
and spread it all over my lips<\/span>
and then for good measure…<\/span>
~cos ya don’t wanna get chin cancer<\/span>
I paint a liberal coat over the top of my lips<\/span>
just to make sure I don’t get burnt<\/p>\n

a while later I arrive at the toll booth
all my coolness intact
I stop and take off my glove <\/span>
and pass the toll booth guy some cash<\/p>\n

it’s not till I reach up to pass him the cash that I look at his face
and he’s got that deer caught in the headlights look on his face<\/p>\n

I thinks to meself
“that’s odd”
and as I lower my hand <\/span>
I catch sight of my face in the side mirror <\/span>
<\/span>
*oh crap!*<\/span><\/p>\n

you guessed it
I’d spread red lipstick all over my chin
in lieu of gloss<\/p>\n

~sigh~
there’s goes your coolness factor you moron!<\/p>\n

“just call me Zippy the Clown” says I <\/span>
the toll booth guy just continues to look stunned<\/span>
as I and rode over to the facilities <\/span>
to wash the lower half of my face
and hang my head in shame!!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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