Modified On September 11, 2004
In her latest column (uploaded minutes ago), Traci Skene manages to drop such names as Daryl Dragon, Mother Teresa and Pee Wee Herman while relating her experience in a Topock, AZ, truck stop rest room.
As I was exiting the ladies’ room stall, I slipped on the way to the sink. After regaining my balance, I looked down to see what had caused this near-fatal accident. There it was… in all it’s shining, iconic, archetypal glory… a banana peel. I had slipped on a banana peel. After 39 years of stumbling around this planet, I had finally been part of a cliche come to life.
Read the rest of her birthday recollection here.