i had played golf and then polished off another meal at boxing cat brewery here in shanghai.
heading back home, i caught a self-owned AX cab.
cabbie: “how long are you going to be wearing those shorts?”
me: “er. . . what?”
cabbie: “shorts. are you going to be wearing them for another month? i think it will get cold”
me: “um, i just look at the weather and see what’s comfortable. i don’t check the calendar when wearing clothes – if it’s hot outside, i’ll wear shorts, if it’s not, i’ll wear pants.”
cabbie: “oh, interesting. now that it’s almost october, i don’t wear shorts, but when its hot, i just pull up my trousers” which he then demonstrates by pulling his pants above his knee
me: “*” – i’m trying to find something interesting on my blackberry to read
cabbie: “say do you play a lot of sports?”
i was really afraid this was going to lead into “joey, do you like movies about gladiators?”