It was a rainy Saturday. My baby twins were 2 weeks old. My 3 year old was wild. My Husband had to spend 12 hours at the office.. I was on the couch trying to nurse the babies(unsuccsessfully, hey, I tried hard to breastfeed) my c-section incision was hurting, piles of laundry, etc, etc. I was in tears, and with one free hand I flipped the remote. There was a man in a hard hat and grey t-shirt trying to break a dam on a creek so that fish could mate. I ceased flipping channels. He was working hard and talking smack, and I admit I gasped a couple of times. He eventually broke down the walls of concrete. I stopped crying and started laughing at the things he said. Then I noticed that he was so very attractive. It was a DJ marathon, and in about 2 hours, I was hooked. It has been a while now, and I still love my DJ. I owe Mike a debt of gratitude for making me laugh, learn, wonder, and gasp. Somehow I have garnered much strength from Mike when I needed it. I don't know how, but I have.
Thank you, Mike. You helped me that day, and many days since.
For me, it was another day of tending my elderly parents. Mom had senile dementia and Daddy had Alzheimers...talk about a pair to drive a person nuts!
Came home and hubby was doing his remote control thing...stopped on DJ and within 10 minutes we were laughing like we didn't have a care in the world. Hooked ever since!
Jorey, That was a very nice thank you to Mike. If he had a nickel for everyone that has said basically the same thing ...well.
I always watch the show while I'm at work and it repeats so I often see the same episode 3x in a row. Yes I do have them memorized but I also always see something that I missed the first 20x I saw it...go figure!?
And Mike, you always make me smile.
grasshopper P.S...."The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" is one of my favourite songs....very nice....
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[quote]stopped crying and started laughing at the things he said. Then I noticed that he was so very attractive. It was a DJ marathon, and in about 2 hours, I was hooked.[/quote]
Jorey you are so honest-) I know we tend to look deeper into the Dirty Jobs show, but what it all comes down to is that Mike makes us smile-)
Jorey, I hope things are better now, especially with three little ones! Although I can't remember the first time I ever saw Dirty Jobs, it's become something I turn to whenever I'm down because I know it'll cheer me up, even if it's just a little. At first, I just thought Mike was pretty cute for a man of his age, but boy did that man grow on me. Now whenever I think of him, I can't help but think of Campbell's soup...why???? Because Mike is "Mmh, Mmh good"!!!
I'm sorry... that was horrible... and yet I'm laughing uncontrollably... god I need a nap...
[quote]I owe Mike a debt of gratitude for making me laugh, learn, wonder, and gasp.[/quote]
You're welcome. Truth is, getting a smile out of a stranger is about the most you can hope for from a TV show, and really, it's not such a small thing. We talk about a lot of different things here in the mudroom, and there is no shortage of related topics relevant to the show. But it's main purpose has been and always will be, a good-natured attempt to make you smile.
Megan, I was thinking that same thing before I even read your post, but seriously...AWWWWWW! That's why I stick around here and read posts, to read things such as Jorey has written, and I can relate. Sometimes DJ gives me a warm feeling in my stomach, because it feels like a home away from home, when I'm, well, not home.
