If The Can Fits, Then You Probably Can't Wear It

One of my favorite memories from my first date with Eric is him telling me what his favorite quote was. He seemed eager to share it with me, so I was very curious, expecting him to spout off the words of some philosophical genius or something.

But instead, he said, very seriously, "My favorite quote is from Zig Ziglar. It's "Whether you think you can, or you think you can't, you're probably right!""

I immediately gave him a skeptical look, wondering if he was kidding. I started laughing and said, "Is that REALLY your favorite quote?" I told him his favorite quote couldn't be from Zig Ziglar. That it was like calling The Little Engine That Could the book that had the biggest impact on your life.

I spent the rest of the night making fun of it by trying to repeat it and getting it wrong on purpose.

"When you're on the can, if you THINK you can, then you can!"

"Whether you're on the can or not, you're probably going to think!"

"When you think about being on the can, you're probably right!"

"When the can is right, you never think you can't!"

"You're probably right if you think you can think on the can!"

And on and on. I couldn't stop. It was so funny to me. Eric was a very good sport (which actually made me more attracted to him), he didn't take offense to my making fun of his life quote. In fact, somehow I got a second date in spite of it.

Or maybe because of it.

I thought I could make fun of his life quote and still snag him, and I was right. Thank you, Zig Ziglar.


p.s., Every so often I have to revive the quote, and mangle it again for Eric. It's sort of an aphrodisiac...