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December 15, 2004
The Crazie in the Chair
I went down to the Harborway Inn to watch my friend play guitar last night. When I walked in the bar was pretty empty aside from the bartender, the weird stuttering guy that gets all excited about collecting anything Nazi related, my friend that was going to play guitar later and this crazy homeless guy sitting in a chair just inside the door, sleeping.
I stopped in at the Harborway the night before and he was in the same spot, in the same position bent over, his head on his arm. It looked as though he hadn't moved at all. "They let him sleep in the bar all day, maybe they let him sleep in the bar all night too." I thought to myself. (Later I found out that they kick him out of the bar, but the bartender lets him sleep in the back of her car during the night.)
After the music was over we all sat and talked, shared beers.
"Doesn't that guy look like Donald Sutherland?" I said pointing at the crazy/bum that had moved from his chair to a barstool to rest his head.
"I'm not that ugly!" he roared.
Holy crap! The guy talks. He can understand us. He knows what Donald Sutherland looks like. Boy, he seems to dislike Donald Sutherland. Why would he dislike Donald Sutherland so much? Does that have anything to do with him ending up on the street? "If anyone here tells me I look like Donald Sutherland one more time I swear I'll quit. I don't care if I can't make the rent; I'm going to quit."
I don't know what I'd do if everyone kept telling me I looked like Donald Sutherland, but I doubt that'll ever happen, from what I hear I'm a bit of a toss-up between Howdy Doody and Gilbert Gottfried.
Posted by calculatoronfire at December 15, 2004 12:08 PM