I sorta just got shot

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I was walking down the street with headphones on, dressed fairly conservatively and minding my own business at 11:40am, when all of a sudden a 6'3" biker guy with hand-painted flames on a pleather jacket runs across two lanes of traffic and hops onto the pavement in front of me. He raises his left hand to the middle of my forehead, makes a 'gun' with his forefinger and thumb and screams

BANG

at the top of his voice before jerking his wrist into the air like it'd recoiled from the kick. I would have suspected that he was drunk, but the non-assault was far too coordinated, and he walked with a calculated big-dick swagger, and the whole thing seemed to casual to be coked-up weirdness.

Scared the crap out of me.

― The Second Drummer Drowned (Atila the Honeybun), Monday, 23 February 2004 21:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Hm. Throw a brick.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 23 February 2004 21:07 (twenty-two years ago)

I would have, but I had to go home to change my pants.

― The Second Drummer Drowned (Atila the Honeybun), Monday, 23 February 2004 21:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Yell prime numbers at the top of your lungs back next time. That's what my friends and I do when drunk people scream things at us.

― Maria (Maria), Monday, 23 February 2004 21:08 (twenty-two years ago)

Just know that he will be tormented by visions for his entire life and that he'll die penniless and alone. How do I know this you ask? I've had it arranged.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 23 February 2004 21:08 (twenty-two years ago)

by the way the thread title confused me about whether to be scared for you or not!

― Maria (Maria), Monday, 23 February 2004 21:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Bizarre.

― Sick Nouthall (Nick Southall), Monday, 23 February 2004 21:09 (twenty-two years ago)

MOLOTOV MUTHAFUCKA DO YOU SPEAK IT

― Kingfish Beatbox (Kingfish), Monday, 23 February 2004 21:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Colin Meeder to thread

― TOMBOT, Monday, 23 February 2004 21:11 (twenty-two years ago)

hand-painted flames on a pleather jacket

This, if nothing else, assures this man suffers much misfortune.

― Jeanne Fury (Jeanne Fury), Monday, 23 February 2004 21:13 (twenty-two years ago)

Hahahahaha. Jeanne otm!

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 23 February 2004 21:14 (twenty-two years ago)

That's what you get for dressing conservatively, Mister Fancypants.

― maypang (maypang), Monday, 23 February 2004 21:18 (twenty-two years ago)

There's a mentally ill guy that hangs out by our office that shoots me occasionally with his finger, yelling "Blam! Blam!" very violently. I'm just glad California has a waiting period.

― andy, Monday, 23 February 2004 21:19 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah, I forgot to mention that he was at least fifty-five and hanging out between a comic book store and a shop that sells nothing Magic cards, and he smelled like baby wipes.

― The Second Drummer Drowned (Atila the Honeybun), Monday, 23 February 2004 21:19 (twenty-two years ago)

This reminds me of a homeless guy who 'lives' around my area. I often see him at the local supermarket where he buys about 20 packets of babywipes at a time. I always feel really sad when I see his efforts to keep himself clean.

Or maybe he just goes around cleaning random manky kids

― Saskia, Monday, 23 February 2004 21:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Just tell him that if he ever EVER fucking pretends to shoot you in the head, then are NOT going to hesitate at all in posting about it on the internet.

― dean! (deangulberry), Monday, 23 February 2004 21:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah, and Madchen (well Madchen's house) to thread also...

― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 23 February 2004 22:05 (twenty-two years ago)

what a dick
i hate people who do shit like that when youre minding your own business

― robin (robin), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 02:41 (twenty-two years ago)

I say that you need to just enjoy it as much as possible. Face it, in a year that guy is probably going to be shooting himself for real. And that's why life is rad.

― dean! (deangulberry), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 02:43 (twenty-two years ago)

The Nomads and Angels in Canada always do that kind of thing to random harmless looking people, sometimes with the gun-finger, sometimes with a fist (fake punch). Not to say that you look harmless, but this is ILX. If you ever see him again, tazer him or run him over.

― Le Coq, Tuesday, 24 February 2004 07:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Dude, I totally imagined that in Japanimation-vision just now; Unrest's "Corpse Pose" playing in the background and all. Free-kay.

― Francis Watlington (Francis Watlington), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 18:14 (twenty-two years ago)

i hate people who do shit like that when youre minding your own business

In that case, how do you feel about this....

"Hey, Got a second for (insert name of cause/charity here)?": The Solicitation Gauntlet

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 18:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Jesus, Shouting at people from passing cars C/D, welcome to ILE ,we have already assumed you are a big pansy who is easily frightened, thanks for playing, cheese with that whine yada yada

― TOMBOT, Tuesday, 24 February 2004 18:45 (twenty-two years ago)

I say hunt the guy down and shoot him with an imaginary shotgun.
(KA-CHACK!) (BOOO-YAH!)

― Lord Custos Omicron (Lord Custos Omicron), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 22:13 (twenty-two years ago)

I say that you need to just enjoy it as much as possible. Face it, in a year that guy is probably going to be shooting himself for real. And that's why life is rad.

dean!

Best answer ever.

― martin m. (mushrush), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 22:16 (twenty-two years ago)

I am crushing your head!

― Kim (Kim), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 01:59 (twenty-two years ago)

I guess I am easily frightened, Tombot. And here's another thing that frightened me:

I was walking around near MIT today when three ambulances screamed down Mass Ave and swung down the street toward me. They pulled up at a building across from me and (obviously) drew my attention to a guy with a chest-wound sitting on the steps of an apartment. Blood all over him, but the guy was calm, still, normal as could be. Three EMTs hopped out and a fire engine pulled-up to block my view.

I'm becoming convinced that the universe is conspiring to make me house-bound. Two days, two seperate minor traumas. Can't wait for tomorrow.

― The Second Drummer Drowned (Atila the Honeybun), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 02:12 (twenty-two years ago)

I am crushing your head!

Hahahahahahahaa

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 15:56 (twenty-two years ago)

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