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April 15, 2004
The Boat, the Bike, and the Limousine
Finally, something to blog about! I was beginning to lose faith in A2 craziness (or else fearing an immunity to recognizing it...) But just as i was about to lose hope, here comes three stories all in one day!
The Boat on the Diag:
-- yes, there was a boat in the middle of the U-M Diag. Not a rowboat, a plastic toy boat, a kayak, a canoe, or even one of those rowing machines that teams use to simulate boatish activities -- no, this was a real 15 or 20 foot-long motor-driven fishing-style boat. Just sitting there in the Diag. I was so surprised i didn't even think to ask why it was there...
The 90-cent Pizza Bike Beggar:
-- Walking down South U., one sure sees some strange things, but i didn't expect it to be a friendly guy on a bike who was approaching me. He was normally dressed, well-kept, and riding what seemed to be a fine-looking bike. He said hello, and i replied the same, and then he asked about pizza. I said "yeah, you could probably get some back that way." But no, he was asking if i had 90 cents for a piece of pizza. 90 cents!? Now, i have nothing against underprivileged people, but ok... if he's that poor and hungry he should be spending money on stuff like, um, *food*, instead of nice clothes and bicycles... I knew A2 was an upscale place but jeez...
The Limo down the street from Bubble Island:
-- Again on South U., which is surprisingly active at 1:10am, there was a car, haphazardly parallel-parked, with its hood open, waiting to get jumped or serviced or something. Normally that would be ok, except that it was a limo -- an old 1980's Lincoln double-window stretch limo! And not only that, it had little black letters on it saying "NOT FOR HIRE" and "PRIVATE CAR". Who in the world would be driving around a college campus in their private 20 year old junky stretch limo at 1am on a Wednesday nite? Scary...
Posted by MaTT at April 15, 2004 02:17 AM
Comments
Can I have $1.90 for some bubble tea, man?
Posted by: srah at April 15, 2004 07:20 AM
Only if you are not riding a bike with nice clothes, driving a junky stretch limo, or sitting in a boat on the Diag. Other than that, i'll consider it... but wait, then i'm just feeding your tea addiction! How about some nice creamy coffee?
Posted by: MaTT at April 16, 2004 12:58 AM
I once got asked for money by a nicely dressed woman - bums need to be dressed appropriatly
and I saw a Hummer-Limo in Minnapolis at the least, and I think I saw one here and was disgusted
And cool ranch baked doritos need to be COATED in that flavor stuff
Posted by: Urs at April 16, 2004 11:11 AM
Matt didn't say anything about Doritos, did he? I'm rereading it and not finding it.
Posted by: srah at April 16, 2004 03:48 PM
I don't think i did -- even *I* re-read it and didn't find anything. so i think she was just eating Doritos at the time and OT-commented... But i agree -- it sucks when you are happily eating Doritos and then you get one that tastes like a plain tortilla chip...
Posted by: MaTT at April 16, 2004 09:12 PM
I avoid that predicament by not eating Doritos!
Hooray to Ursula - even if she confused me - for encouraging conversation in MaTT's comments.
Posted by: srah at April 17, 2004 09:47 AM
Matt is correct, as always, that bastard
Posted by: Urs at April 17, 2004 11:20 AM
Remember what we talked about last night/this morning? You have plenty of odd things to talk about now
Posted by: Urs at April 18, 2004 10:59 AM
Ooooooh!
Posted by: srah at April 18, 2004 02:03 PM
You got it :) Did i miss anything?
Posted by: MaTT at April 19, 2004 02:14 AM