Went to a new cleaners today (my longtime place of preference, run by a freaky-in-a-good-way Korean family, was sadly empty and out of business over the weekend) to drop off some stuff before the trip. The Southwest Asian (maybe Middle Eastern) lady is writing down my name as I spell it for her.
She looks up and says “Sid?” I say “yes.” She says “Oh … are you Muslim?”
I’m not that well-versed in Muslim history, but I don’t know of any Sids popping up in the culture.
But I have decided to call myself Siddulah the Great when I ascend to the Afghan throne.
Sidhammad.
There’s El Cid, in Spain, who was definitely a Muslim. El Cid is taken from the Arabic al-Sayyid, meaning “lord” or “ruler”.
Happy Birthday!!!!!!!!!
Thank you! (smooch)
It’s going to be a well-organized year thanks for my kick-ass new toy. You rock.
I was sad to see Wall Street Cleaners closed down, but maybe others had the same problem that I did with the way-too-often “back in 30 minutes” signs.
For the past several months I’ve been going to a place at 11th and C streets SE — easy parking, nice people, but they’re very slow. You show up on a Monday with a few shirts and they ask, “Is Saturday OK?”
Also, they just gave me a purple XXL Banana Republic shirt that wasn’t mine. I have no idea which shirt they took in exchange.
Those signs drove me insane! I only live a block away, but I’d walk there with a shit-ton of cleaning in my arms only to discover they were out of the office. Argh! I also learned to not stand too close to the dude when he tried to practice his English on me because he is a spit-talker.
I just walked down 8th Street to the place next to Subway. It’s my last cleaners visit anyway. Seem like nice people — hopefully I won’t get any of your shirts.
…knew there was a reason me Pa always called you “El Cid”, ya ruler, ya! Happy bday sweetie!