Logan, Cassandra and I went out to eat at a Mexican restaurant tonight. After we finished up, we walked out and got in the truck. I was just closing my door when I heard a pitiful voice pleading, "Don't hit me, please don't hit me." As I turned, my hand was taken and kissed, and Cassandra's and Lo's hands were also taken and held for a second (they were too far away to be kissed). We were informed that she was pregnant (she had her hand on her belly), and on her way to Virginia, and that she wanted help, wanted food. She also told us that her husband beat her. Throughout the scene, she kept begging us not to hit her. I was thinking of giving her our take-out boxes, but I didn't want to insult her...then Logan went ahead and gave her a fiver. She thanked us, and zipped off.
As we closed the door, Cassandra pointed out what Lo and I were probably starting to suspect: this person didn't look like much of a woman. I turned, and he (yes, pretty sure it was a he...we will call him "he" from now on) was walking off awfully fast, and the walk was not a womanly, pregnant one. In fact, there wasn't any shape to the person. Later, as we drove by the person again, I got a closer look, and the fragile, feminine look was replaced with a quite masculine expression. Cassandra also noted, as we were discussing the whole occurrence, that there was a significant amount of chest-hair on this person.
I know this isn't about the Atlanta trip, and I'm sorry to disrupt the flow of blogs...just thought you all might like to know that I was kissed by a pregnant man tonight.
8 comments:
Wow, my first thoughts were that that is either hysterically funny or strange & sad. Then on further thought, I realize that there are just some original and dramatic panhandlers in Greensboro. Wow. Glad you are okay. I'd rather read it in the blog than in the paper.
And just jogging my memory,....pregnancy did some things to my body, but I don't think chest hair was one of them.
wow, that made my day. that is so hilarious. I wish the homeless people in our city were that creative. I mean, that is one really, really creative dude. I'd say he earned every bit of that fiver.
I thought it was pretty hilarious too, when he 1st walked up I double-taked and thought to myself "that cannot be a woman..." - but THEN Logan AND Tim were just going along w/ it - it was like being in an episode of the twilight zone!!! I cannot imgaine what that guy was thinking walking up to 3 college aged kids and pretending to be a pregnant woman! But what I'm more interested in knowing is what he was thinking when the guys believed him!? Yeah, we're seniors in college... funny funny
Well, Tim said it happened pretty fast. Must have been rather strange. If I saw someone pregnant walking up to me, I might not expect it to be a man, either. :)
did he have a big stomach?
But he said he was pregnant. Ben, are you studying his technique :)? He only got $5.
yeah, it's a fun living though
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