Posting Everyday in January Post

[baudown]

Things I heard today:


1. Best and worst compliment yelled to me on the street today:

Best (This requires a short explanation.  I have a lot of very curly hair, and I began going gray in my twenties.  And I know this sounds odd, but for some reason, people on the street are always saying things to me about my hair.  Like, at least once a day.  Often, the comments are from people who are overtly mentally ill, but not always.) So, back to the best compliment --"Hey, baby!  I dig that salt-and-puppy hair!"  Salt-and puppy.  I could not have been happier.

Worst -- "You must have been something, back in the day!"  Why not just yell, "You are old" at me instead?

2.  Most interesting question and answer heard at work today (I'm a lawyer, and I was watching a colleague who was trying a murder case)

      Question (by the prosecutor): "Did you consider the defendant to be a friend?"
      Answer (by the witness): "If by friend you mean, did we fuck hos together, then no."

3.  Best comment by a passenger in my car on a subway stuck at Columbus Circle (loudly, and in a thick West Indian accent):  "Columbus Circle is bullshit, mon!"

So, that was my day!  How was yours?

Comments

[velvetwhip.livejournal.com]

"Salt and puppy"? Awesome. As is the exchange between the prosecutor and the witness. But that comment about you being something "back in the day"? Uncalled for! And moronic! My PE coach in grade school was completely grey... and she was 22 years old.


Gabrielle

[baudown.livejournal.com]

I just had to laugh, because he actually thought he was being nice! Which raises the whole other issue of men yelling random crap to women on the street, and why they do it, and why they think it's okay...