i don't know what to do with this
0 Comments Published by Ben on Wednesday, June 27, 2007 at 6:47 AM.
Just Now: I'm at the hospital in the main entrance area and a three legged dog just walked (jumped?) past me. He didn't just poke his head in--no, he was coming from inside the hospital. He had to have traveled through a significant portion of the hospital to get here. Furthermore, he did not appear to be following anyone, nor is there a veterinary clinic here.
Yesterday: I was walking home and passed a group of about 10 or so kids around 8-10 years old. One of them, a girl, looked me straight in the eye and says, "fuck you!" and smiled. I was expecting her to say "hello," so I was totally taken aback. I think my jaw actually dropped. I quickly stuffed my initial desire to say it back, reasoning that not only did she probably not understand what she was saying, she was just a kid. I really didn't need to be the white guy who's yelling "no, fuck you!" to a little kid on the side of the road (it's a pretty funny image though...and if yesterday's any indication, quite possible). Instead, I stopped, turned around and said, "that's not very nice. you shouldn't say that to people." She goes, "I know," and smiled again. So did she really know what she was saying or not? She and her posse followed me for the next 15 minutes during which time she asked for money twice, a bottle once, and water once. I reminded myself that I am an adult and kept on walking.
At least I got a good laugh out of both.
Yesterday: I was walking home and passed a group of about 10 or so kids around 8-10 years old. One of them, a girl, looked me straight in the eye and says, "fuck you!" and smiled. I was expecting her to say "hello," so I was totally taken aback. I think my jaw actually dropped. I quickly stuffed my initial desire to say it back, reasoning that not only did she probably not understand what she was saying, she was just a kid. I really didn't need to be the white guy who's yelling "no, fuck you!" to a little kid on the side of the road (it's a pretty funny image though...and if yesterday's any indication, quite possible). Instead, I stopped, turned around and said, "that's not very nice. you shouldn't say that to people." She goes, "I know," and smiled again. So did she really know what she was saying or not? She and her posse followed me for the next 15 minutes during which time she asked for money twice, a bottle once, and water once. I reminded myself that I am an adult and kept on walking.
At least I got a good laugh out of both.
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