underpants

as i was finishing breakfast this morning i heard someone fiddling with a key in my door. i wondered if hops had come home early. i got up, looked through the peephole, weighted against the door to prevent any but the strongest of giriveks from opening it as i peeped, and saw a confused looking chinese man with a yellow tape measure.

deciding that he was no threat, i opened the door and said "howdy". he froze in surprise, confusion, and possibly fright that i had no pants on.

now, you probably thing i mean "froze" like for an instant. i don't: he remained frozen for at least 10 seconds, staring, wide-eyed, before he said, "this is supposed to be unoccupied."

"nope," i said. "think you've got the wrong place".

he kind of nodded and left.

heh.