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- johndiggity0
sitting on my front steps having a smoke, as we do in baltimore, and this dude comes up, obviously right off the greyhound which stops 4 blocks away, and asks me why the black people here are so uppity (he did not use those words exactly, in fact i had trouble understanding what he was saying). i responded to the kind sir that i had not a clue of what he was speaking, to which he replied "artheyhirongwhereyawereat". i questioned the young fellow again, as his lack of teeth made most of his speech unintelligible. after consulting my pimsleur's redneckese to american language handbook i realized that he was asking me if "they were hiring at my place of work". i promptly disclosed that i work for myself as a designer. the young man was eager to know if i needed an apprentice. i quizzed him about his knowledge of typography and design standards, and he gave me a blank look. noting the time, and realizing my impending workload, i dismissed the young man to return to my endeavors inside. he then asked if he may use my facilities for the care and treatment of his now large and gaping leg wound. i informed hime, falsely albeit, that the residence was not mine, but rather i was watching it for the good doctor who was out of town visiting his aunt in the catskills. the young man then reached into his napsack and amongst plethora of beef jerkey and syringes, he produced a papmhlet explaining how i would go to hell unless i accepted jesus christ into my life as my personal savior. i thanked the man and he went on his way.
the bus stop benches here don't say "Greatest City in America" for nothing.