Fortune teller
Jan. 30th, 2005 09:13 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
saavedra77On the bus to work, yesterday, I was sitting near two fiftyish Afro-American guys who were talking about getting old, various other things. Then one of them leaned over, asked me:
-"Hey--You a fortune-teller?"
-"Um, no ..."
-"You look like a fortune-teller."
-"Um, ya think ...?" (I was wearing my standard leather jacket/sweater/jeans/glasses combo.)
-"Yeah, sure! Why don't you tell my friend here his fortune?"
-"Uh, sorry ..."
-"C'mon! Help him OUT, man!"
Thinking of a hokey pseudo-gypsy I once met on the boardwalk in Atlantic City, I looked at the quieter guy, said: "You will have a long life & have many children."
That gives the more talkative guy a chuckle, but the quieter one just grins & says: "Already done that."
I look him in the eye, nod, add: "OK--longer life, more children, then."
The fortune-tellee cracks up, his friend elbowing him about how he's going to get lucky ...
-"Hey--You a fortune-teller?"
-"Um, no ..."
-"You look like a fortune-teller."
-"Um, ya think ...?" (I was wearing my standard leather jacket/sweater/jeans/glasses combo.)
-"Yeah, sure! Why don't you tell my friend here his fortune?"
-"Uh, sorry ..."
-"C'mon! Help him OUT, man!"
Thinking of a hokey pseudo-gypsy I once met on the boardwalk in Atlantic City, I looked at the quieter guy, said: "You will have a long life & have many children."
That gives the more talkative guy a chuckle, but the quieter one just grins & says: "Already done that."
I look him in the eye, nod, add: "OK--longer life, more children, then."
The fortune-tellee cracks up, his friend elbowing him about how he's going to get lucky ...
