Angriest_Dragon wrote:I meet many strange and creepy individuals on my daily walking tour and last Saturday had to be one of the weirdest encounters. I was walking by a field and this dude, who was cutting across the field, yells
Excuse me!!!
I look and see him rushing towards me.
My first thought is that this man wants to bum change or a smoke off of me. He gets to me and he's kind of out of breath so I let him breathe for a minute. His eyes are darting around like crazy and he's already kind of creeping me out.

...and the plot unfolds...

Man: "I don't want to take up too much of your time."


Trust me it was truly worth it. I would have been equally annoyed. Who just talks to people on the street

Ms McGoo, I nominate the above Angriest rant
I'm now thinking that he's gonna hit me with one of those 'my kid is in the hospital' scams that I used to hear frequently. I play along.

Angriest_Dragon: Okay

Man: I was wondering if you could answer a question for me.

Angriest_Pedestrian: Alright

Man: Have you ever bought things on the internet?

I'm really not wanting this to go any further because I know he's got some kind of scheme cookin'. He probably wants to sell internet real estate or something. Those damn eyes of his have to be a sign that this guy is up to no good. So I decide to lie to this man.

Angriest_Victim: I don't have a computer.

Man: Well, would you happen to know if you can buy things on the internet?

I am now convinced that this weird guy is just on drugs.

Angriest_Computerless: I... would assume so...

Man: I was wondering if you can buy things that you can't get in normal stores.

As he says this a slight grin starts to form on my face but I can't let that happen so I quickly go to the confused face and give him a queer look.
(Not queer as in gay but queer as in odd.)

Man: You know like the kind of stuff you can get at the flea market.

My hopes that this guy is gonna say something interesting like "a bazooka", "a box of used condoms" or "the still beating heart of an elderly man" are shattered. I realize that this is either a very confused man or someone that is really fucked up. So I just give a straight answer.

Angriest_Letdown: I guess so.

He then scurried off like a squirrel does when you try to get too close and just happen to holding a bug stick or a baseball bat.

Now that I've typed this out, I'm no longer sure if this creepy encounter was what annoyed me or that I spent over thirty minutes typing all this out.

mrdfnle wrote:

Angriest_Dragon wrote:Man: Have you ever bought things on the internet?

I'm really not wanting this to go any further because I know he's got some kind of scheme cookin'. He probably wants to sell internet real estate or something. Those damn eyes of his have to be a sign that this guy is up to no good. So I decide to lie to this man.

kerble wrote:

MajorEverettMiller wrote:*Double Post due to CRITICAL FUCKING ERROR*

funny. I heard you were conceived the same way.

kerble wrote:

MajorEverettMiller wrote:*Double Post due to CRITICAL FUCKING ERROR*

funny. I heard you were conceived the same way.

dansoderburg wrote:i blame the media for giving me the realization that rush limbaugh is sexually active....

matthew, proposing a discussion of logic, wrote:-What purpose does it serve?
-Why utilize logic?

johnnyshape wrote:Well, together with the scientific method (its symbiotic partner in advanced human thinking) it frees us to acknowledge the universe and our human place in it without the need to resort to medieval superstition.

Adam CR wrote:"Why are these horrible men flicking wet at me?"

instant_zen wrote:

mrdfnle wrote:

Angriest_Dragon wrote:Man: Have you ever bought things on the internet?

I'm really not wanting this to go any further because I know he's got some kind of scheme cookin'. He probably wants to sell internet real estate or something. Those damn eyes of his have to be a sign that this guy is up to no good. So I decide to lie to this man.

my favorite thing about this post is that, in my browser window, there's one of those annoying auto-spam links to "real estate."