Scott King

  
    Yesterday I showed my local (well its in Wisconsin and I’m in MD so I guess its not really local) comic shop owners, Lisa & Craig of Neptune Comics, around the D.C. area.
    We spent a long time touring Arlington National Cemetery. It was very pretty, but the most eventful part of the day was when we were at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
    All throughout the cemetery there are signs saying “quiet please” “be respectful” and things along those lines. While walking through the cemetery you see tons of other people and everyone has the same expression on their face: sorrow. It reminded me of times I’ve been to the Holocaust Museum.
    When we got to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, there was a very big sign once again asking for quiet. Not one person was talking and the only sound you heard was the click of cameras and the echoing of the soldier’s shoes who guarded the tomb.
    Shortly after arriving the changing of the guard ceremony began. It was announced that the soldier who had been on duty had just served his final day guarding the tomb. He had done a total of 839 shifts doing so.
    In the middle of the ceremony a cell phone rang. It was Lisa’s!
    Awww man. Both her and Craig were so embarrassed. It seems that they had thought about turning off the phone earlier, but they hadn’t gotten any phone calls since arriving in town and weren’t worried about it.
     It turns out the call was from an employee in their store who was having trouble finding comic books for a customer.
    Man it was just so funny seeing the two of them embarrassed.