I really only did need to pop back into the house for a split second to grab a slip of paper, so I thought nothing of leaning my bicycle against the iron railing in front of my house. The man who was holding the handlebars when I came outside must have expected me to be away longer. Next was the charged, silent debate: That's my bike, I'm not doing anything, You're trying to steal my bike, fuck you, fuck you, I could still take it, I could prevent you. Of course it took only a fraction of a second, before he acceded to my logic and casually slipped away as I stood there looking stern but foolish, dressed up in the proprietor's costume: bicycle helmet, backpack, rolled-up pants leg. Not for one second can you let your guard down around people.
Posted by Kriston at August 30, 2007 5:13 PMThe point being, no one gives the stink-eye like I do.
Posted by: Kriston at August 30, 2007 11:04 PMDude, I was only going to borrow it for a little while. Like, lighten up, man.
Posted by: M/tch M/lls at August 31, 2007 12:24 AMDude, I was only going to borrow it for a little while. Like, lighten up, man.
Posted by: M/tch M/lls at August 31, 2007 12:26 AMI SAID, "DUDE, I WAS . . ." Oh, wait, you heard me the first time? Okay. Nevermind. That's cool.
Posted by: M/tch M/lls at August 31, 2007 12:29 AMJeez, that sucks. Good you came back out before he left, that would suck worse.
Posted by: The Modesto Kid at August 31, 2007 10:24 AMSome people don't think it's clear that this guy didn't get away with my bike. He didn't. I stared him down and he skulked away. No one's taking Topanga from me.
Posted by: Kriston at August 31, 2007 3:59 PMHuh, I guess they are reacting to "casually slipped away", they think you mean "with the bike", but that doesn't really make sense following "he acceded to my logic".
Posted by: The Modesto Kid at September 1, 2007 6:53 AMYeah, I was one who thought you lost your bike due to the "casually slipped away" business. I took the "he acceded to my logic" to be ironic: you could still take it from him, but instead just stood there; so he acknowledged you could take it, and then left with it. Glad to know I was wrong.
Posted by: JL at September 1, 2007 11:33 AMI was rooting for the other guy.
Posted by: Kevin at September 2, 2007 3:53 PM