MC Moot
05-31-2010, 05:21 PM
An anecdote,if you will...a couple of years back A-Z was talking about how he never opens his door after 7pm...at the time I thought that a bit paranoid or anti-social or non-neighbourly...so…I like to think that between what I do for a living and the fact that I live downtown I’m used to the weirdness that is inherent to my setting or locale…most nothing shocks or rattles me…but Saturday night I was cooking a late meal,when the doorbell rang…so I answered and there was this dude standing on my stoop all bug eyed…
He say’s: “are you watching television?”
I say: “What?”
he repeats himself…
And I say “no I’m not”
He say’s: “because I was walking by your house and your television is talking about me”
So I now know something’s weird here and take the defensive…I ask him if he lives in the building and he say’s: “no,but please I beg you to tell me the name and channel of the show that speaks my name”
Ohhh fuck…so,having dealt with a lot of mental illness, I realize I have to appear firm, unthreatened but decisive…
So I say:”Look I don’t know what the fuck you’re talking about,I think you’re mistaken or confused,please leave now”
To which,after taking a step back,he screams at me “I LIE NOT AND I WILL GIVE MY RIGHT ARM TO KNOW THE SPEAKER!”…then he turns around and walks off,muttering and pulling his hair…fucking yikes…so glad my girl wasn’t there and may have had answered the door by herself…truly creepy,rattled me quite properly…so,yes,if Uncle A-Z advises you not to open your door after seven take heed as I now will…
He say’s: “are you watching television?”
I say: “What?”
he repeats himself…
And I say “no I’m not”
He say’s: “because I was walking by your house and your television is talking about me”
So I now know something’s weird here and take the defensive…I ask him if he lives in the building and he say’s: “no,but please I beg you to tell me the name and channel of the show that speaks my name”
Ohhh fuck…so,having dealt with a lot of mental illness, I realize I have to appear firm, unthreatened but decisive…
So I say:”Look I don’t know what the fuck you’re talking about,I think you’re mistaken or confused,please leave now”
To which,after taking a step back,he screams at me “I LIE NOT AND I WILL GIVE MY RIGHT ARM TO KNOW THE SPEAKER!”…then he turns around and walks off,muttering and pulling his hair…fucking yikes…so glad my girl wasn’t there and may have had answered the door by herself…truly creepy,rattled me quite properly…so,yes,if Uncle A-Z advises you not to open your door after seven take heed as I now will…