what’s so damn exciting you little monkeys!

Last Friday, Dave and I went on an adventure. We went to the World Famous Schwartz Deli on St. Laurent to try their smoked meat sandwiches. And, we brought a stranger with us.

Foreman, our brand new friend

#49 on the list is ‘Take a Stranger Out For Dinner.’ Why? Why not? Strangers know different things than you know and are happy to share their stories if you ask (or buy them a meal).

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To be honest though, picking up a stranger on the street ended up being a lot harder than we expected. Even with the offer of a free meal and stimulating conversation, there were still no takers after 40 minutes. Eventually a nice man named Foreman (pictured above) agreed to join us and the date was on. We talked about Canada (he moved from Zaire to here 7 years ago), family, diversity, and how we’d chose to bite the dust, if it were up to us. It was great.

tony - our 2nd new best friend

Before leaving the waiters offered Dave some hot sauce. He accepted and threw some on his sandwich. At first he tried to pretend that he was cool, but he couldn’t hold it. A sweat broke out on his forehead and he chugged his water. Then ate all the fries. Then ordered milk. Then we had to go.

Big thanks to Foreman and to the whole Schwartz team - you guys rock. Now only Duncan and Ben have to take someone out and #49 is off the list! Anyone else out there interested to take someone out too?