this past weekend, on the glorious stretch of boulder that is pearl street, a friend of mine and i were innocently taking her 8 month old niece on a lovely stroll. we walked leisurely, taking in the sites and sounds of boulder, breathing in the fresh mountain air and generally just enjoying in saturday afternoon merriment. as we proceeded, i opted to go into a local bike shop to outfit myself in some proper cycling gear (posts on this to follow) while she remained outside on a bench in order to feed the now hungry and slightly grumpy baby. little did i know what traumatic event was about to befall her. after about 20 minutes, i emerged from the store, new pedals and clip-in shoes in hand, looked up at my friend and saw a strange look on her face. in usual form, i assumed i had food stuck in my teeth or something on my face, however as i walked towards her she stated "you will not believe what just happened here". apparently, while i was perusing a fine selection of shimano shoes, she was approached by, what at first glance, appeared to be a normal, albeit slightly scruffy male. as he stopped in front of her and the precious wee babe that is her niece he accosted her stating "YOU'RE GOING TO HELL". naturally, my friend was caught off guard by this comment, and looked away trying to avoid him, however he followed by saying once more "you are going to hell for having a child out of wedlock, you know that RIGHT?" once again, my friend was befuddled by situation, responding by telling the man to go away and that this was actually her niece and he was being quite a rude hobo.the world is filled with crazy religious folk: mormons, pat robertson, southern baptists, jesus freaks, earlocked orthodox jews and of course, those who believe god sent a giant killer fetus in the form of hurricane katrina to send a message to the u.s. about our tolerance of abortion. have any of you ever had a run in with any of the above?
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