# As I was walking down the street one day, I asked a guy the time and he was a total dick about it. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 6, 2012, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-i-was-walking-down-the-street-one-day-i-asked-a-guy-the-time-and-he-was-a-total-dick-about-it/621105 "2012-05-06T22:40:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-i-was-walking-down-the-street-one-day-i-asked-a-guy-the-time-and-he-was-a-total-dick-about-it/621105/21 "2012-05-07T02:09:41Z")
I once knew a girl like that, **Robot Arm**. She had a real nice place, all kinds of Scandinavian furniture. Spent the night getting drunk and talking her up, but then nothing happened. I got so upset when she was gone in the morning I set the place on fire. Sure burned real good, it did. I have a feeling this is only the beginning. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-i-was-walking-down-the-street-one-day-i-asked-a-guy-the-time-and-he-was-a-total-dick-about-it/621105/22 "2012-05-07T02:12:18Z")
Back in the day, we were all blown away by **The Chicago Transit Authority**. We’d never heard Rock’n’Roll Brass with that kind of power, so we were huge fans. So none of my friends would listen when I’d say “Y’know, if you really needed to know the time, and some guy gave you some Zen TrashTalk, you wouldn’t say ‘Wow, that is SO deep…’ No, you’d be pissed.” So I was on board with the OP from the first sentence, thinking “Preach it!” ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-i-was-walking-down-the-street-one-day-i-asked-a-guy-the-time-and-he-was-a-total-dick-about-it/621105/23 "2012-05-07T02:13:36Z")
Does anybody really care? ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-i-was-walking-down-the-street-one-day-i-asked-a-guy-the-time-and-he-was-a-total-dick-about-it/621105/24 "2012-05-07T02:22:04Z")
Heh. It reminds me of a guy I met in Brownsville, TX. The other night I was walking down the street. I was getting kinda hungry. I decided to get me something to eat. Now I passed up all the chain franchise joints on Hamburger row, and stopped at a little greasy spoon place I always eat at called Eat, Sit and Gulp. Get you one of the greasy hamburgers, all peppered up, lay you up in the hospital for about ten days. So I ordered me up a couple of those grease bombs. Waitress brought 'em over, lifted up the bun, checked 'em out. Damn, no ketchup. So I nudged the guy sitting next to me at the counter, I said, “Hey, partner how about passing the ketchup over?” Suddenly, this little bitty green hand holding a ketchup bottle came into view. And I freaked, 'cause the guy sitting next to me was a Martian. Now in twenty-eight years of eating hamburgers I ain’t never run into no Martian. Not at 2:30 in the morning and certainly not at a fine scarfing establishment like Eat. Well, he was sitting over there with a bunch of colored sticks on his plate and I looked over at him and I said, “What you eating there, boy, crayons?” He said, “Why no, they’re Martian cigarettes.” And he gave me one. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-i-was-walking-down-the-street-one-day-i-asked-a-guy-the-time-and-he-was-a-total-dick-about-it/621105/25 "2012-05-07T02:52:38Z")
> [@bienville](#): > > The appointment I had ran a little late. The bus line that I needed to use only runs once every hour on Sundays, so if I missed the bus I had hoped to make I would be stuck for a while. I was really hoping to get some chores done at home before a reasonable hour so I really wanted to make that bus. Aw dude, slow down. You move too fast. You gotta make that morning last. ---
**Author:** ![Quercus\_alba](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quercus_alba/32/4061_2.png) [@Quercus\_alba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus_alba)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-i-was-walking-down-the-street-one-day-i-asked-a-guy-the-time-and-he-was-a-total-dick-about-it/621105/26 "2012-05-07T02:58:21Z")
Excuse me, young man. Does this rail conveyance stop at the eastern Tennessee municipality of Chattanooga? ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-i-was-walking-down-the-street-one-day-i-asked-a-guy-the-time-and-he-was-a-total-dick-about-it/621105/27 "2012-05-07T03:12:22Z")
You weren’t trying to get to San Jose, were you? Or maybe Nevada, California? ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-i-was-walking-down-the-street-one-day-i-asked-a-guy-the-time-and-he-was-a-total-dick-about-it/621105/28 "2012-05-07T03:22:14Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Oh, so _that’s_ what this has to do with the arts. Define The Arts loosely enough that Chicago counts. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-i-was-walking-down-the-street-one-day-i-asked-a-guy-the-time-and-he-was-a-total-dick-about-it/621105/29 "2012-05-07T03:42:27Z")
Don’t be too hard on the guy. He was probably up all night trying to write some song, his legs all cramped from the awkward position he was sitting in. ---
**Author:** ![Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pine_Fresh_Scent)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-i-was-walking-down-the-street-one-day-i-asked-a-guy-the-time-and-he-was-a-total-dick-about-it/621105/30 "2012-05-07T04:49:24Z")
Don’t get me started on the time I tried to find lodging in [Nazareth.](http://www.metrolyrics.com/the-weight-lyrics-band.html) ---
**Author:** ![MikeF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-i-was-walking-down-the-street-one-day-i-asked-a-guy-the-time-and-he-was-a-total-dick-about-it/621105/31 "2012-05-08T18:27:02Z")
Hmmm. That’s a bit odd. After all, it actually IS the merry, merry month of May. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-i-was-walking-down-the-street-one-day-i-asked-a-guy-the-time-and-he-was-a-total-dick-about-it/621105/32 "2012-05-08T21:48:09Z")
> [@bienville](#): > > This is one of those guys who looks like he never worked a day in his life, probably mooching off his girlfriend dreaming of the day his band will get off the ground, avoiding all responsibility and making no contribution to society. The sad thing is, someday his band probably _will_ get off the ground. Sooner or later, poseurs find an audience. And _then_, it will be a different tune. Let his roadies or his limo driver or his drug dealer be late and give him some crap about how he needs to chill out and slow down, and he’ll be all like, “Fuckin’ deadbeats, you can’t find good help these days.” ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-i-was-walking-down-the-street-one-day-i-asked-a-guy-the-time-and-he-was-a-total-dick-about-it/621105/33 "2012-05-08T22:50:02Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Oh, so _that’s_ what this has to do with the arts. I’m trying to understand how that song would inspired anyone to do _ **anything** _–even to start a thread here. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-i-was-walking-down-the-street-one-day-i-asked-a-guy-the-time-and-he-was-a-total-dick-about-it/621105/34 "2012-05-08T22:54:04Z")
> [@Quercus\_alba](#): > > Excuse me, young man. Does this rail conveyance stop at the eastern Tennessee municipality of Chattanooga? Ja, ja. Track 29. Can I give you a shine? ---
**Author:** ![D18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-i-was-walking-down-the-street-one-day-i-asked-a-guy-the-time-and-he-was-a-total-dick-about-it/621105/35 "2012-05-09T13:21:29Z")
Let me tell you about the time I was having me a burger, at a dirty, greasy-spoon cafe. . . . ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-i-was-walking-down-the-street-one-day-i-asked-a-guy-the-time-and-he-was-a-total-dick-about-it/621105/36 "2012-05-09T13:34:21Z")
Did I ever relate the story of how my friends and I was all on the cover of Newsweek? Well, it started with this harmless prank down by the local school playground. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-i-was-walking-down-the-street-one-day-i-asked-a-guy-the-time-and-he-was-a-total-dick-about-it/621105/37 "2012-05-09T14:09:28Z")
Last month my car hit empty in a strange town, after my wallet had gotten stolen. I’d called the cards in, and was trying to nurse the car home, but just didn’t have enough in the tank, and no way to buy more. So I asked this guy if he could spare some change for gas, and he’s all, “What a concept! I could use a little gas myself, and we could all use a little change!” So I knocked him on his ass. ---
**Author:** ![minlokwat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minlokwat/32/2844_2.png) [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-i-was-walking-down-the-street-one-day-i-asked-a-guy-the-time-and-he-was-a-total-dick-about-it/621105/38 "2012-05-09T14:18:25Z")
Another thread full of \*\*Chicago \*\*lyrics changed into lame-o puns? Why do I have the feeling this only the beginning? ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-i-was-walking-down-the-street-one-day-i-asked-a-guy-the-time-and-he-was-a-total-dick-about-it/621105/39 "2012-05-10T06:23:00Z")
> [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](#): > > The sad thing is, someday his band probably _will_ get off the ground. Sooner or later, poseurs find an audience. This is true. I sometimes suspect that the reason most people fail to make a living in music is that they have too much talent. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-i-was-walking-down-the-street-one-day-i-asked-a-guy-the-time-and-he-was-a-total-dick-about-it/621105/40 "2012-05-10T06:28:46Z")
> [@Beware\_of\_Doug](#): > > This is true. I sometimes suspect that the reason most people fail to make a living in music is that they have too much talent. And thus don’t spend enough time learning how to fake it, which is what people really want. Lady Gaga seems to be someone who does both. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-i-was-walking-down-the-street-one-day-i-asked-a-guy-the-time-and-he-was-a-total-dick-about-it/621105.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-i-was-walking-down-the-street-one-day-i-asked-a-guy-the-time-and-he-was-a-total-dick-about-it/621105.md?page=3)