Apparently it's my penchant for not waiting for my car to fully warm up and then driving only short distances that's keeping my on-board diagnostics from compiling the necessary information, as, once again, I couldn't get my emissions inspection done.
While I was sitting in the waiting area a small group of what seemed to be lawyers gather around. Looks like the dealership is being sued for something, and there was some dispute about getting access to some papers.
One of the lawyers was a very attractive (married; did the standard ring check) young woman, whose involvement was only relatively recent and was not likely to continue much past today.
It was difficult to tell exactly what was going on and who was on whose side, but, with the inclusion of the cute lady lawyer, it made for a somewhat interesting diversion.
Shortly after I arrived there I got a text message from Brian with a picture of what looked to be a menu. The subject was "Maki Sushi," and I'm assuming that he sent it because of seeing my last name.
Besides being Finnish, as it is in my case, Maki is a Japanese name/word. I believe it means "fish," which would be why it showed up with sushi, and it most typically shows up as a girl's first name when used as a name. Every so often I get approached by Japanese and Japanese-American organizations looking for money, as they mistakenly thought that I might be Japanese.
(In Finnish, Maki means "hill," and it's unusual for it to appear on its own as a last name. Typicallly there's some kind of prefix that describes what kind of hill. In my family's case the prefix was Kataja, which means something on the order of "juniper," but when my uncle was born, my grandparents decided to abbreviate the name to Maki from Katajamaki ("Juniper Hill"). This was a pretty common practice for Finnish immigrants in the U.P. Many of them went all out and totally anglicized it, changing their name to Hill. The fact that Maki isn't typically a name on its own in Finland, and the fact that other kinds of Makis (Palomaki, Leppamaki, etc.) dropped their prefixes explains why there are so many Makis in the U.P. and yet so few of them are actually related to each other.)
Just got the call I've been waiting for. Still not a lot of detail, but things look kind of promising. I will keep you posted.
Oh, and the title of this entry is an actual search that directed someone here. I just thought it was weird enough to share.
Wait a minute..."kill fish," huh? Didn't I just get through saying that my last name means fish in another language? I'd better keep my eye on those automatic doors; someone may be rigging one up to kill me!
Maybe they really mean it when they say "Caution" on them.
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And here I thought you had killed your fish. Ole Stinky is still alive and kicking, I take it?
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