Dealings with Panhandlers

Hello.

Today, I inadvertently began a new approach to handling panhandlers, specifically those of the pseudo-well-off hustling variety.

As I left Subway, a nicely dressed man with sunglasses asked me "Hey bro, you got some change for me?"

To which I responded, "Sorry guy."

To which he replied, "Ass hat."

Further along on my walk, a slightly more shambly, but still hustly, guy asked, "Hey my man, you got a little change?"

"Sorry guy."

"Thanks a lot, you [couldn't understand]"

People hate being called "guy."

Olympic Fever!

I still got it! How about you?

Has anyone read up on the 1904 Summer Olympic Marathon? Its amazing. Read under the "Highlights" section:

The marathon was the most bizarre event of the Games. It was run in brutally hot weather, over dusty roads, with horses and automobiles clearing the way and creating dust clouds.

• The first to arrive was Frederick Lorz, who actually was just trotting back to the finish line to retrieve his clothes, after dropping out after nine miles. When the officials thought he had won the race, Lorz played along with his practical joke until he was found out shortly after the medal ceremony and was banned for a year by the AAU for this stunt, later winning the 1905 Boston Marathon.
• Thomas Hicks (a Briton running for the United States) was the first to cross the finish-line legally, after having received several doses of strychnine sulfate mixed with brandy from his trainers. He was supported by his trainers when he crossed the finish, but is still considered the winner. Hicks had to be carried off the track, and possibly would have died in the stadium, had he not been treated by several doctors.
• A Cuban postman named Felix Carbajal joined the marathon. He had to run in street clothes that he cut around the legs to make them look like shorts. He stopped off in an orchard en route to have a snack on some apples, which turned out to be rotten. The rotten apples caused him to have to lie down and take a nap. Despite falling ill to apples he finished in fourth place.
• The marathon included the first two black Africans to compete in the Olympics; two Tswana tribesmen named Len Tau (real name: Len Taunyane) and Yamasani (real name: Jan Mashiani). But they weren't there to compete in the Olympics, they were actually the sideshow. They had been brought over by the exposition as part of the Boer War exhibit (both were really students from Orange Free State in South Africa, but this fact was not made known to the public). Len Tau finished ninth and Yamasani came in twelfth. This was a disappointment, as many observers were sure Len Tau could have done better if he had not been chased nearly a mile off course by aggressive dogs.

Someone find me some more info on Andarin Carvajal!

Overheard In the Park Vol. 1

What prompted the priest to hastily say to the layman he was walking with, "You need to talk to your priest really soon!!!"

Why wasn't he his priest? Give me some context, commenters!

Neverending String Dream 2008 Part 9

Sorry guys. Another stupid post, but I have to keep track of this stuff. I had this dream again on Friday night. I forget the details but it was by far the scariest neverending stream dream ever. Probably the scariest dream that I've had since I was being chased by that animated wolf on a real-life pirate ship. Pre CGI.

This time, the string was firehose sized. Yuck, right??!???

Tally: 9.