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Old 11-12-2008, 09:14 AM   #8
socktape
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Originally Posted by Rhettzky View Post
Hahaha, that would be the idea. Just like the guy downtown who needs seventy-five cents more for a train ticket but isn't really going to be taking the train at all. Or like the guy who's only a buck short of a happy meal but his idea of a 'happy meal' is a six pack. Or the guy who only needs $2.50 more to fix the electronic gas converter in his pick-up so he can get home in time for his grandmother's funeral but probably doesn't have a pick-up or a grandmother.

I think I've just about heard them all after living and working downtown for years.

My favorite was the guy who wanted me to come with him to the pawn shop so that he could use my ID to pawn a camera that he "owned".
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