backhanded homeless compliment of the year!
i just got in from my afternoon walk with the dog before i head on out to pick up my suit, get my car washed (unless it rains which it’s supposed to so probably not), when we pass by one of the many homeless women from the crazy homeless ladies shelter that’s about a half block away from where i live. she was huddled against the oddly windy cold april day trying to light a ciggy and i always get a bit worried when walking the pooch by these women as they will react in one of three ways:
one. they will scurry away, as if the pooch is going to rip them to shreds a la cujo.
two. they will inevitably say something about the way i look, walk or do my hair.
three. they will try to recruit my dog into some sort of dog fighting ring.
so this one particular lady as i’m passing her with the dog does not hide away, but as we continue walking ahead of her back towards the door to my building i hear this: “as strong and beautiful as yo physique is (she said it, not me), yo dog is walkin’ yo ass.”
which is true. i do not walk the dog. she walks me. and pound for pound she is much stronger than i am. super mutt.
April 5th, 2008 at 11:38 am
That is priceless. When a homeless person compliments instead of asking for money, that means you look really really good.
November 12th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
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