Waving with Coconuts

I meet regularly with a woman in our neighborhood who says the most brainless things. She cracks me up now that I know her better, but if you didn't you wouldn't know how to react.

Tonight we were meeting with the stake young men's presidency, and one of the counselors mentioned that he grew up in Hawaii. Dan and I just returned from there over the weekend, so I expressed how we loved the laid back attitude, among everything else. So this woman, who doesn't think her thoughts all the way through, then said, "Yeah, I loved how mellow everyone is. It's like everyone just sitting in their palm trees, waving with their coconuts."

Big pause.

"Um, yeah. I guess you could say that." says the guy from Hawaii.

You really have to be proud of me for not laughing out loud at that moment. She means well.