I ran out of cat food tonight. My cats didn’t like that all that much. So I wandered down to the 7-11 to pick up some food to get them through the night.
On the way back something really strange, at least to me, happened.
I was walking down the sidewalk and another guy was walking towards me. The guy stopped in front of me and asked “Hey, You like the Sopranos?”. I said “Nope, never watched that show.”. The guy said ok and kinda scurried away.
I live in a shady nieghborhood. The cops are always trying to run out the drug dealers.
I am still scratching my head over this. Was the “Sopranos” a code word of some sort? Why in the hell did he ask me that? If I said yes would he offer me drugs?
If he was asking you if you wanted drugs in code, I think it would take more than a simple “yes” to get them. Would sort of defeat the purpose of having a code.
My point, which I may not have made clear, is why in the hell would a stranger ask me about the “Sopranos” out of nowhere.
My apartment is in a pretty low income area and most people around here do not have cable or DVD players. At the same time there was a very large drug dealer presence a while ago. For a while I couldn’t walk down the street without being offered coke or crack. Thankfully the cops cleaned things up. (I found out that the guy living above me had a Meth lab in his apartment. Thankfully it never caught on fire or exploded)
The other day in the line at the grocery store the guy behind me asked if I watched Twin Peaks. His explanation, after I said no, was that he was on his way to a Twin Peaks fan club party and he wanted to get the right kind of pie… or something like that.
I think I can live with such strangeness. I’ve seen enough time-travel shows, and I feel bad enough for the hapless time travellers, that if anyone ever comes up to me and asks what year it is, I’ll respond with something helpful to catch them up, like, “2003. George Bush Jr. is president. We have had a total of two world wars. There are 109 elements in the periodic table so far. The world population is 6.3 billion. One night’s lodging will cost approximately $50.” People never give time travellers a break.
One hot summer day I walked the mile to the grocery and sat down on the beach outside for a bit. Some guy came up to me and asked if I saw a pack of cigarettes on the bench. I said “No.”
So I’m in the store and the same guy comes up and asks “Are you sure you didn’t see my cigarettes on the bench.” I answered “Like I said before, no I didn’t.”
I’m walking home and the same nutjob comes up to me “I know you took my cigarettes.” I answered “Why would I take your cigarettes. I don’t even smoke.” Him: “You don’t smoke. I’ve seen you smoking.” Me: “No you haven’t.” Him: “Give me my cigarettes.”
At that point, another guy walking by asked “Is there a problem here?” and the first guy backed off.
I’ve often wondered what the hell was in that pack of smokes.
