I made a sarcastic comment to a bum forgetting that most bums are not right in the head and he started threatening to fight Brent. Whoops!
He asked for money and put his hand out with some dollar bills and change in his hand and I told him he had more money than I did. (meaning he had more money in his hand than I had in my wallet)
Needless to say, he went on to tell us he had no mom, kids to feed, one pair of clothes, and had beat up another "cracker" earlier this week for saying less than what I said. He followed us for awhile yelling at us. We got away but for a few minutes I was certain there was going to be some punches.
That night I walked by another bum who went off on me for ignoring him when I walked by him. He said all girls ignore him.
You just can't win with these bums!
Luckily they are not all aggressive. I was walking in the crosswalk the other day and a dude started doing somersaults on the ground right next to me. He somersaulted his way across the entire crosswalk. Kinda impressive, mostly strange, but completely harmless.
I think I should start carrying mace. You KNOW I know how to use that stuff;)
laughed out loud about the somersaults! wish i had been there with you to laugh at that. hilarious. and, linds, don't get beat up by a bum. keep your mouth shut...or don't...now i'm not really sure...
ReplyDeleteLinds! I wish you were here too! Come visit and we can bum watch...I know some pretty good spots for this.
DeleteIt must run in the family. I was walking downtown once with your dad (when he worked at Pennzoil) and he made the same comment (you have more money than I do). I thought it was a pretty clever comback.
ReplyDeleteWhen I get "approached", I usually just give them some change. Feel like they need the change more than I do. I'm a sucker. P.S. Once had someone ask me for money, and when I said I didn't have any (which was true), he asked if I could go to a pulse machine.
Uncle John