I have always wanted a trampoline. Right before my husband proposed to me many years ago, he would joke that he had "something for me." Well, I would always guess a trampoline -- and I would be wrong. I also would guess an air hockey table, but that was wrong, too.
When I finally received my present, it was an engagement ring. A beautiful ring that I have treated with the utmost care. Though I love my ring, a part of me still wanted the trampoline (or the air hockey table).
Well, I do have an air hockey table now (7.5 years later), but do not have a trampoline. However, my best friend now does, so it is like I have one, too. When I went over to jump around, jump around jump up, jump up and get down, She was excited to say that they now have a "Trampoland." I, of course, laughed immediately because I totally knew where she was coming from with that joke.
In the good ol' days of SNL (1990s), they use to have this bits called Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey. Those were the dumbest, yet funniest things ever. I still laugh at them, especially the Uncle Caveman one. Anyway, it dawned on me how many people would actually get the Trampoland joke. One of the things my husband hates about Patti and I is that we have this crazy sense of humor that only we connect on - basically we laugh at dumb things and remember those dumb things forever so that with one word we can quickly reference them and the humor they bring us.
So enjoy this blast from the past (wow, the 1990s are now the past).
"If I ever opened a trampoline store, I don't think I'd call it Trampoland, because you might think it was a store for tramps, which is not the impression we are trying to convey with our store. On the other hand, we would not prohibit tramps from browsing or testing the trampolines, unless a tramp's gyrations seem to be getting out of control."
