Paul Newman

Only women of a certain era will fully appreciate this.... True story.


A Michigan woman and her family
were vacationing in a
small New England town where
Paul Newman and his family often visited.

One Sunday morning, the woman
got up early to take a long walk.
After a brisk five-mile hike,
she decided to treat herself to
a double-dip chocolate ice cream cone.

She hopped in the car,
drove to the center of the village
and went straight to the
combination bakery/ice cream parlor.

There was only one other patron
in the store:
Paul Newman,
sitting at the counter
having a doughnut and coffee.

The woman's heart skipped a beat
as her eyes made contact
with those famous baby-blue eyes.

The actor nodded graciously
and the star struck woman smiled demurely.

Pull yourself together!
She chides herself.
You're a happily married woman
with three children,
you're forty-five years old,
not a teenager!

The clerk filled her order
and she took the double-dip
chocolate ice cream cone in one hand
and her change in the other.
Then she went out the door,
avoiding even a glance
in Paul Newman's direction.

When she reached her car,
she realized that she had a
handful of change
but her other hand was empty.
Where's my ice cream cone?
Did I leave it in the store?
Back into the shop she went,
expecting to see the cone still
in the clerk's hand
or in a holder on the counter
or something!
No ice cream cone was in sight..

With that, she happened to look
over at Paul Newman.
His face broke into his familiar,
warm, friendly grin and he said to the woman,

'You put it in your purse.'

I like it. Very funny.

I like it. Very funny.

That's a great story!
Sounds like something I might do.