What Stpid Thing Have You Done Today?

[Gemini Cricket]

So here's a semi-sorta stpid thing I did on an Ash Wednesday:

A long time ago on an Ash Wednesday, I met a friend of a friend. All day long I had been seeing people walking around town with ash crosses, ash dots on their foreheads. It's something you did during Catholic mass on Ash Wednesdays. I remember doing it when I used to go as a kid. I was always so scared that the ashes were fresh and would burn my forehead, but that never happened.

So, on that day I was introduced to this guy. He walks up to me, I shake his hand and I notice a dark smudge on his forehead. "Ah, you're Catholic." I said. "Went to mass, I see." Or something to that effect, I'm not particularly good with first introduction small talk. Anyway, he looks at me kinda confused. "Uh, I'm not Catholic." He said and kind of stormed off. My friend, who had introduced us explained to me that basically it was a birthmark on his forehead and not ash. Turns out he was an atheist and was kind put off by the experience. Oh well. What a coincidence, huh?

Well, ever since then whenever I saw this guy I would think to myself, "Hey, there's Ash Wednesday! Wassup, Ash Wednesday?" I never said it out loud, but I thought it.

Since then, I hear that he had his forehead bleached so now you can't see the smudge. Sad to say I may have been part of the reason for that.