I was at the airport yesterday at baggage claim after retrieving Kidlet for summer visit.
It was hot, I was tired but happy to see the Kid, and baggage claim was crowded. All in all, a usual summer trip to the airport.
We stood jammed alongside the carousel. It was going to be a long wait because the flight had arrived at a satellite terminal and we'd gotten to baggage claim relatively quickly (and of course isn't that how it ALWAYS works?).
Beside us stood an older (mid-60's-ish) couple, who smiled often at Kidlet and chatted quietly between them.
Now, I've gained quite a bit of weight the last couple of years, and so I have a nice...um...rack. I was wearing my brown DailyKos "Two Houses Down. One To Go." t-shirt, which sticks out nicely with my new lovely lady humps. I don't know if it was a result of my buxom beauty (NOT!) or the shirt itself, but within due course the older gentleman asked.
"What does 'two houses down, one to go' mean?"
I smiled gently. "Oh, that just means that the Democrats have taken back control of the House and Senate. Two houses of Congress. And now, we just have to take back the White House."
I swear these kindly-looking people froze. Their smiles soured as though they'd just eaten lemons. The lady nodded her head absently, then turned forty five degrees and made very effort to look somewhere else. The man looked at me as though he had missed a joke, and after looking away never looked my way again.
I laughed my butt off. I hope you do, too.