Re: Question...
- From: "Charles Beauchamp" <C.E.Beauchamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 06:26:36 -0700
WiNK wrote:
> "el Guapo" <mrtobrien@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:MPG.1d6c8f267e4aae2198a203@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> brought up by a coworker (not the same one mentioned above)... If
>> you're wandering around a nasty part of town, is it a good idea to
>> sing "waltzing matilda" to yourself? Because after all, (as he
>> explained), noone's going to shoot you int he back while you're
>> singing "Waltzing Matilda".
>> --
>> TO
>> Turn those machines back on! TURN THOSE MACHINES BACK OOONNN!!
>
> This reminds me of a story. When I was in my early 20s and living on
> Capitol Hill in Denver (*nice* part of town--heh, just kidding), I
> used to go to parties in Lodo...back in the early 90s (1991) before
> all the renovation, before Coors Field even existed, when all the
> warehouses were still warehouses and not "lofts". I rode with a
> couple to one particular party--they ended up getting in a fight and
> leaving in a huff at 2:00 in the morning, leaving me at a party where
> I knew *no one.* I walked home from Lodo to an apartment on Capitol
> Hill....all the way through downtown Denver, dressed in a mini skirt
> and cowboy boots. My guess is that it was about 4 miles, but I'm not
> sure. I was crazy for doing so....my strategy? I sang church hymns
> at the top of my voice the whole way, so that I would look like an
> absolute looney. I was not bothered in the least... not even by
> homeless people, but they were all sleeping by that point......
> So, it WORKS. Of course, someone could have shot me for waking them
> up, I suppose.
>
> Peach
Evidence that all men in the greater Denver area were either already dead or
gay by the early 90s.
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