Onions and Ghosts- What A Combo!

Ok, so my story begins two years ago when Courtney and I went to play raquetball at PJC. It was the middle of the day, and we had just finished our game and were headed to the car. Once we reached the parking lot though, we noticed this weird thing up in the sky. It looked like an oversized ping pong ball floating through the air in a straight line. It only moved straight ahead, with no bouncing or wobbling or anything. We sat there and watched it for about ten minutes while it moved slowly across the sky, about 40 feet up or so. It didn't look like it was connected to anything, just chillin' up there. Eventually we got tired of watching, but we never were able to explain what it was. Now fast forward two years to this past Tuesday night when Court and I again went to play raquetball at PJC. When we first started playing, I noticed our ball was a little soft for optimum bounciness, so I set it down in the corner, and we got out the second ball. Notice, I PUT THE BALL IN THE CORNER ON THE GROUND. That's important. So, we continue to play, when I accidentally really sky it over the back wall (these are outdoor courts.) We watched it go over cleanly, without bouncing back in or anything equally unlikely. So, we leave our little court and walk around behind the building. This walk takes approximately ten seconds. We only are behind the building for a minute when we decide it's getting a little too dark to see clearly. We head back to our court to pick up the flashlight we'd brought for just such an occasion. As we get back inside, Courtney leans down to pick up the flashlight, and suddenly jumps really high. It takes me a minute to figure out what startled her, but I get the idea when she picks up both the ball that had been on the ground AND the ball canister, WHICH NOW HAS THE OTHER BALL SAFELY BACK INSIDE WITH THE CAP SCREWED ON! Now, how weird is that? We're gone for about one minute, ten seconds, and the ball not only finds its way back into our court, but also back into the canister with the top put back on. There was absolutely no oppotunity for another person to both retrieve it and put in back in while we were gone. We were a little freaked out. Granted, it's not a ghost sighting, but we like to think of it as our own little physical manifestation. Crazy world we live in. Crazy world.

Speaking of craziness, I just gotta toss in a good word for onions here. I feel they're getting a bad rap. Granted, the carmelized onion taste is about as fabulously yummy as it gets, but let's not forget the special little chopped up onions that McDonalds puts on all of its hamburgers. Without them, McD hamburgers would be just slabs of processed meat. I think those onion bits add that little something that makes those burgers worthwhile. And for God's sake, I think those burgers can use all the help they can get. Don't begrudge it to them.

Incidentally, the onions and ghost combo is number 4 on the McDonalds Value Menu. You should try it. And... Fight the man!