cleome46
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w00t! And keeping with the music theme:
Sometimes there's nothing wrong with a particular pop song, but hearing it makes me want to leave the room, because it's indelibly linked in my mind to some crappy event I was living through when it was playing. For example:
1) Swing Out Sister's "Break Out" was playing in a New Jersey bar where I waited tables. The creepy bartender who held court there during my shift threatened to punch me in the face unless I served a patron who'd already arrived at the bar so intoxicated that he could barely stand.
2) Also in the wilds of NJ: Simple Minds' "Sanctify Yourself" was playing the first time I ever took my Driver's Ed test-- in the waiting room after I finished, not in the car, obviously. Not only did I fail the exam spectacularly, I was so flustered that I confused "Park" and "Reverse" and almost rammed into a concrete barrier in the parking lot.
3) "Kicks" by Paul Revere and the Raiders was playing on the loudspeakers one day at Waterfront Park, during the Portland Rose Festival, a couple of minutes after I'd just seen two drunks get into a nasty fight in which one of them tried to hack off the other's ear with a broken bottle. And yeah, you'd better believe that even the area around somebody's ear can produce an amazing amount of blood.
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2) Also in the wilds of NJ: Simple Minds' "Sanctify Yourself" was playing the first time I ever took my Driver's Ed test-- in the waiting room after I finished, not in the car, obviously. Not only did I fail the exam spectacularly, I was so flustered that I confused "Park" and "Reverse" and almost rammed into a concrete barrier in the parking lot.
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1) Swing Out Sister's "Break Out" was playing in a New Jersey bar where I waited tables. The creepy bartender who held court there during my shift threatened to punch me in the face unless I served a patron who'd already arrived at the bar so intoxicated that he could barely stand.
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3) "Kicks" by Paul Revere and the Raiders was playing on the loudspeakers one day at Waterfront Park, during the Portland Rose Festival, a couple of minutes after I'd just seen two drunks get into a nasty fight in which one of them tried to hack off the other's ear with a broken bottle. And yeah, you'd better believe that even the area around somebody's ear can produce an amazing amount of blood.
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quote:Originally posted by He Who Wanders: Congratulations, Quis.
I take it by "true" you mean that that's the lie -- since she's not technically your niece -- which means I get to go next.
Um.... actually, that was a true statement. The actual lie was the niece getting a nose job.
But seeing as thegame has gone on...
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cleome46
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Nos. 1 & 3, sadly, are true. (Though it's also true that I never passed a Drivers Ed test on either coast, and to this day I still can't drive a car.)
The hilarious aspect of No. 3 is that a pre-Reagan anti-drug song was blasting in an area that's pretty legendary for drug dealing, to entertain crowds of drunks. (RL once again triumphing over fiction for bringing in the laughs. Queasy laughs, but still...)
Also, the restaurant mentioned in No. 1 burnt to the ground a few months after I left NJ for good. A former college boss/pal called long distance to let me know, since he knew it would make my day. (And cocaine dealers all over Hudson County flew their flags at half-mast, too. Eighties. BLEAH!)
So HWW wins this round, but I'm okay with it if he wants to pass it back to Quislet, Esq., as payment for the mix-up earlier.
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OK, my bad. To avoid further confusion, I suggest the person who posts the question avoid commenting on guesses until the correct answer is given.
Back to you, Quis.
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I usually do wait, but it had been a whole day, so I thought that would bump it. I should have been more clear in my response to your guess.
Anyway.
While I was clearing the snow off my front stairs, two guys came walking down the street. One say "Do you have a moment?" I responded "well I'd like to get back inside as soon as possible". He pressed on. The snow here in Boston was only about 2 inches. The guy remarked how some people have already put out barrels to mark their parking spot and he thought that wasn't right as no one really had to dig out a space. At that point I told him that I don't have a car and suggested that he call the mayor's office. The official policy in Boston is that you can reserve your spot with a barrel or other obstacle for one day after a snowstorm. Of course people leave them out for much longer.
Anyway, after that he introduced himself and his companion. And then asked if I was going to watch the Patriots tomorrow (I said, "Nah")
So, what was the name of these two parking wardens?
1. Andy 2. Seth 3. Lou
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Lou was the one that did most of the talking. He also asked me if I was going to watch the Patriots tomorrow. I told him I don't really watch sports and that I do root for the team even though I don't watch.
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3) At this time last year I weighed over 300 lbs. My weight is now down to 210 lbs.
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(And cocaine dealers all over Hudson County flew their flags at half-mast, too. Eighties. BLEAH!)
