Surreptitious

I'm sure a lot of you have these moments, but I just have to talk about why I love them so much:

Imagine, you are in a meeting, a subway, church, or just someplace you have to sit and listen. You have to be patient and listen to one person. The speaker goes on and on, and you start to space out. You doodle if doodling is an option, you braid the frayed threads on your jeans cuff, or maybe you start to count how many times the speaker says the same word.

Then the speaker says something completely silly. Something people should laugh at. Something you want to laugh at immeadiately, but you hear no one laughing. Then you look around the room and catch the eye of someone else that wants to laugh. Someone mouths "what the fuck?" and you both start to giggle.

I love endearing moments like that. It's a simple little gesture that let you know you aren't the only one bored.