My brother, Sam, recently went on a cruise with his bosom buddy, Bob. How close they are, we don’t know. What kind of cruise it was, well, we don’t know much about that, either. In the weeks leading up to their departure date, Sam seemed rather reluctant to go ahead with his ocean going adventure. He didn’t want to talk much about it. Mysteriously, he didn’t remember the name of the ship. OK, then. When asked what port it was sailing out of, he seemed rather vague about that, too.
“I don’t know. Ft. Lauderdale… Miami. I don’t remember. Why do you want to know?”
We didn’t mean anything by it, but the whole thing smelled fishier than a seafood buffet in the middle of the Mojave Desert. Personally, it kind of reminded me of that movie, “Boat Trip”, starring Cuba Gooding, Jr., where he and his good friend accidentally end up on a gay cruise.
After all the pre-cruise apprehension, he went and came back with a completely upbeat and glowing tale to tell of his merry adventure on the deep blue sea.
“Oh, it was wonderful,” he cooed.
He talked of the magnificent time he and Bob had together. He raved about the food and some of the people he met. Huh? We figured he and his lil’ buddy would lock themselves in their room with a ‘Do Not Disturb’ sign dangling from their private suite door. Nope, not the case. Besides, Bob is quite the extrovert, so they mingled with the best of them, although, I doubt if Sam did the limbo out on deck.
One of the things that puzzled me when he got back was how the name “Samantha” figured into the equation. Sam/Samantha. I mean, was it actually one of “those types” of cruises and brother Sam came back as Samantha? No. Couldn’t be. There’s no one more macho than my older brother. He’s married, for crying out loud. On second thought, so was Rock Hudson. Oh, no. I don’t even want to go there. Did he go fishing for Lance Bass? No way, I thought. Then, I got an e-mail from him. All along, what he was trying to say…
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… was that he ended up on a cruise with Samantha Brown, who was taping a show for the Travel Channel.
Well, there was no need to wonder about Sam after all. Of course, he was rather reluctant to approach her in the first place, but after asking the right people, he had the opportunity to chat a little and have his picture taken by the cameraman, not that there’s anything wrong with that. “She is one of a very few celebs I have met who are as nice in person as they are on TV, personality wise.”
She comes across like that on her shows, too.
If you have the time, please visit my brother’s website, Wood Creations by Sam.
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Ina // June 13, 2008 at 2:37 am
I still think his blouse is a bit suspicious though
Marinade Dave // June 13, 2008 at 5:06 am
Thanks, Ina.
I think you may be on to something. It is rather suspect that a grown man would wear a “Hawaiian” shirt on a “Caribbean” cruise. Hmm.