Feeling Better
Philadelphia, PA
Summer 1979
I am cramped in an airport limousine. There are seven of us
in this stuffed van heading to the Newark Airport. A man complains about the
heat and his headache. The woman beside me turns to him and offers him a moist
towelette to wipe his face.
“Here, take this Stay- and-dry. Go ahead, wipe your face
with it. It will make you feel better. I want saw a man have a heart attack.
And I gave him one of these. His wife wiped his face with it and he said he
felt 100% better right away”, she said not even realizing how ridiculous the
statement was.
