![]() ![]() ![]() Is it just Americans, or does everyone think this way? In Paris once, I went to my neighborhood supermarket and saw a man shopping with his cockatiel, which was the size of a teenage eagle and stood perched on the handle of his cart. "Oh," she said, "you don't ever want to touch the handle of a grocery cart with your bare hands. ![]() In a similar vein, I was at the grocery store with my sister Lisa and I noticed her pushing the cart with her forearms. "Well, you'd never lie on a hotel bedspread, would you?" she asked, and again: Why not? I might not put it in my mouth, but to lie back and make a few phone calls - I do it all the time. Doesn't it just give you the creeps?" I admitted that it had never occurred to me. Think of all the people who have rested their heads there. "Why do you do that?" I asked, and she looked at me, saying, "Germs, silly. When I'm in a theater, I either fold mine in my lap or throw it over my armrest, but Patsy always spreads hers out, acting as if the seat back were cold, and she couldn't possibly enjoy herself while it was suffering. ![]() "So I'm at the movie theater," she said, "and I've got my coat all neatly laid out against the back of my seat, when this guy comes along -" And here I stopped her, because I've always wondered about this coat business. ![]()
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