Poor sucka

[Marc]

I was showing an out-of-towner around San Diego a week or so ago, and whilst cruising through downtown I spotted a sad-looking character humpin' it down the sidewalk with a ball and chain around his ankle. Not his old lady, or one of those cheap costume hollow plastic deals, but an honest to goodness, heavy, steel ball and chain. It wasn't dark iron-colored like in Pirates of the Caribbean, it was sliver and scratched from draggin' down the sidewalk.

There was even a handkerchief wrapped around his ankle, under the steel band, because obviously it chaffed.

This was not a fella bemused by his humorous predicament either. This dude was bummed out. He had a look of perturbed resignation. I'm imagining a bachelor party prank gone way too far. I'd guess there was some purpose in the end, as he didn't wave down a cab, or risk further humiliation by hailing a pedicab.

The thing is, as much noise as that thing made on the sidewalk, and the lurching walk it caused, the people immediately around this guy didn't even seem to notice. I hope his Best Man received a deserved beating.

[Fishballz]

That's definetly something you don't see everyday....perhaps a taping for some hidden camera show, or a guantanamo escapee?

If someone ever put one on me, they would get it back through their windshield :nunu:

[grumpy]

.....slow-trollin' the down-rigga'........40's free-jumpin' at the 7/11 High Spot

32.43.014 N

117 09.237 W

[dirfter]

Read between the lines, this is about Marc and his imaginary friend Captain Worm Lion.