I Stuck My Pinky Out Too Far While Drinking Tea And Now It’s In Space
Learn from my mistake and don’t let your little finger become an astronaut.
Hoo boy, am I having a time of it. Well, why bury the lead? I was at a tea party, as you do, sampling a flight of teas, which is basically a bunch of very small teacups on a long wooden board. It’s great because you get to sample a wide variety of teas, but it’s also hard because the teacups are smaller than the tea bags, so that’s a whole lot of shit to figure out.
Long story short — I’m trying to be classy. And I don’t think I have to defend myself for that. I’m not an island. I’m a person. A person who has manners. And those manners dictate that you must extend the pinky finger of the hand holding the teacup. So that is what I did. I just plain extended that pinky.
And, okay, with each little flight cup, maybe I extended it a little further. By the second cup, my pinky banged against the ceiling fan. I apologized, bandaged the wound, and it appeared the matter was settled — at least, until the next cup, when my pinky smashed through the ceiling. Luckily that time the proprietor wasn’t looking.
I really wanted to stop extending my pinky at that point, because I was worried about it getting serious, but I was scared of the…
