NYC

Toothlessness

Earlier today some guy came up to me and wanted to give me this blue sweater he was holding in his hands. He said he had just broken up with his girlfriend and that he had bought her this sweater for Christmas. He said he spent $40 at the Gap on it and he didn’t want to just throw it away. I politely declined by explaining that I couldn’t tolerate wool against my skin. Anyway, he understood and walked away mumbling something to himself.

A little later in the day I was walking with Georgie and pushing my bicycle and eating an ice cream cone when this guy comes running at full speed towards me. He jumps over Georgie and keeps running down the block while Georgie freaks out, jerks her leash and I drop my cone. On my way to the garbage can to dump the dirty ice cream cone the same dude is now walking towards me but he’s with a woman. I say “you should watch where you’re going” the woman says to me “you should watch where you’re goin’” I say, “I wasn’t talking to you I was talking to that idiot” (i know…how did i get so tough?) OK…. so she went a little nuts on me for calling her husband an idiot. Then the guy cuts in to say that he did jump over Georgie and that he would handle it. He then goes on to tell me that he knows where I’m trying go with this and it’s because he’s black. All I could say was “what are you talking about?” while all he could say was ” you hear this, you know it’s cuz i’m black”. So his wife pulled him away and they walked off.

It’s hard to tell but the moral of these stories is to brush your teeth. None of the 3 people I encountered today had any teeth and I think that’s important to say.