Um...OMG...what?

So the kids have been off school for the last two days, and yesterday I took the kids to Walmart to use their gift cards. They were so excited; Ardan couldn't wait to get a new DS game, Gunnar didn't know what he wanted, and Lena just wanted to get a new TOY! Haha.

We went straight to the electronics dept and the boys dived for the games section. Lena and Ryder were in my cart and we were browsing the racks of new dvds. As I turned the cart towards another rack, I had to maneuver around these two guys, who were talking and laughing. I quickly looked at them, thougtht for a second that one looked familiar, when he said, "Hey Beau."

Thank GOD my memory didn't fail me at that moment. "Oh, hi Will! Wow, I can't believe you recognized me." I rode the bus with him and his cousins, nice, good down-to-earth farmboys who got along with everyone. Will was a couple grades below me. I'm pretty sure he and his one cousin that was the same age as him, both had little crushes on me, which I always thought was cute and pretty ego-boosting.

Anyway, Will's friend left and with both of us standing there, it was kind of like, "Well, better be nice and play catch-up". After the obligatory How-are-yous and What-are-you-up-to-nows, I thought maybe I should ask his opinion on what a guy his age would want for a birthday present, as it was my younger brother's birthday the next day. His response totally threw me for a loop, it was like time stopped after my brain processed his words and I just stood there, stunned and incredibly uncomfortable.

"Whores and blow. Ha ha ha."

W.T.F....?!
Who says that? My two babies were in the cart! Gunnar and Ardan were like ten feet away, down the aisle! Not to mention, people walking by.

OMG I wanted to slap him. It was pretty hard to remain civil after that but I made a graceful exit, using my two boys as an excuse, also hoping to made a subtle point that my kids were close by.

What an ass!

P.S. Of course, its only afterwards that those great come-backs enter your mind...
"Well, actually, Levi is a peace officer so that probably wouldn't work."
"In his line of work, he'd be the one arresting the guy getting that for his birthday."
"You know, he'd probably be very interested in your response..."