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15 July 2008 @ 10:21 pm
Target on My Big Bald Head?  
Old black dude: Man,what size shoe do you wear?

Daddio: (bored, waiting for a bus, bites) Ten and a half. 

Old black dude: I got a shoe for you. 

Daddio: Really.

Old black dude: I got a fine Converse sneaker for you. This is a BEUATIFUL shoe. Too big for me, so I can't wear it. But I wish I could. I think it would fit you.

Daddio: You want me to buy your shoes?

Old black dude: They're Converse. Size twelve and a half. (Produces a veritable clown shoe from his jacket).

Daddio: (laughing) I wear ten and a half.

Old black dude: See? This could be your shoe. This could BE your shoe. You got big feet.

Daddio: (looking at the canoe in his hands) Not that big.

Old black dude: You got fat feet. What you wear? D?

Daddio: Yeah, D. 

Old black dude: See I knew it. Isn't that a fine shoe? It's a double D.

Daddio: It looks like it. 

Old black dude: Great color.

Daddio: Sky blue is nice.

Old black dude: (Looking up and down Chicago Avenue when Daddio doesn't make an offer) I gotta bless someone with this shoe. 
 
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Kevin James Kage[info]bardofawen on July 16th, 2008 03:44 am (UTC)
I really like how he doesn't seem to be offering you a second shoe.
Barth Anderson[info]barthanderson on July 16th, 2008 12:37 pm (UTC)
Exactly! I kept trying to figure out how he had another giant shoe hidden in that jacket.
Haddayr Copley-Woods[info]haddayr on July 16th, 2008 04:36 am (UTC)
bee-YOU-tee-ful.
Barth Anderson: Fop in control[info]barthanderson on July 16th, 2008 12:38 pm (UTC)
Dude's probably still on the corner of Franklin and Chicago. What size does Jan wear?
Jan Radder[info]janradder on July 16th, 2008 07:17 pm (UTC)
Ten and a half. So it must fit.
madkestrel[info]madkestrel on July 16th, 2008 12:30 pm (UTC)
*grin*
Oh no! Have fairy tales taught you nothing? If you'd bought the shoes, then put them on over your regular shoes, the road to Faerie would have been revealed to you. Or you could have run the distance from New York to Los Angeles in two hours. Or something equally nifty.

But no, you had to insist on magic shoes that fit. *tsk tsk tsk*
Barth Anderson: Ow[info]barthanderson on July 16th, 2008 12:35 pm (UTC)
Re: *grin*
I'm sorry, this post was mistitled. Apparently *madkestrel* has the Big Red Target on her forehead!
Michael Merriam: Streetcar[info]mmerriam on July 16th, 2008 01:09 pm (UTC)
Ah, the joys of riding the bus in this town! Did he have another shoe?
Mark Teppo[info]markteppo on July 16th, 2008 04:56 pm (UTC)
"I gotta bless someone with this shoe."

I need to ride public transportation more often. That's where all the fun is.
Barth Anderson[info]barthanderson on July 16th, 2008 06:35 pm (UTC)
research
It's where all the great dialog is.