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A more recent Tamil saint who locked himself in his room, telling his disciples to wait outside, and turned himself into a rainbow...
I'm not going to think about it too hard.
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An early Christian Genius, who interpreted much of the Bible as Allegory.
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The upstairs neighbour, she's been on a bit of a Manhunt. She's embraced her drinking, and wanders the street looking for people to talk to, share a drink with, hang out.
Which has resulted in some improbably house guests.
Her latest, some long-haired thin legged older hippy type, and so I ask in that open-ended sort of way ..."Soooooo", hoping for an explanation, but she just changes topics, "a friend..." and waves her hands and it off.
I'm working my share of doubles this week, more than I'd like, but you gotta love the circus when you get home.
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Out, this morning, up and at-em for a pack of fags. Walking home, a red light on Baker. It's early, no traffic about, look up the street, look down the street - there's no cars. So I walk across.
Upon the other side the Bylaw officer is emptying meters and has undertaken to take offence at my crossing a clearly uninhabited street against the light. "I hope your driving is better..." he says, then explains that I crossed against the light.
He's my age.
I just look at him.
The perfect Bylaw officer, understands the rules but not why they're in place. Understands the implementation but not the spirit or the intent.
I think to reply, but it's beneath me. These are the people that would come to a red light in the desert, no cars for a 100 miles in any direction, yet would wait out the red light.
I'm not these people and I've been cursed with a modicum of good sense.
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He's popped in Thursday afternoon and he's raging. He'd been in a few days before, demanded to see my "Serving it Right", as if I look like one of the under-age people that don't have one. I showed him, I have it on my phone.
Today he's looking for a few more things. His manner, off, belligerent, demanding, a physical intensity that this job does not require, he's raging. He wants to see the "Serving it Right" of all the other staff, I don't have him, he's furious, wants to see mine, "I just showed you 2 days ago..." doesn't matter, he needs to see it again. And he's going off, needs to see our liquor receipts (we don't have handy, I apologize), he changes topics, wants this, wants that, I'm texting the owner telling him to bring the liquor receipts, he's yelling at me now - physically yelling - he wants to see the receipts - RIGHT NOW!!! - "Don't have 'em". I'm bored with this asshole. He goes on, explaining how they'll be sending in children to see if we check ID, this doesn't fuss me, he storms about and eventually disappears.
His performance, that of a meth-fueled Mall Cop grown bigger than his breeches and completely misunderstanding his role...
I worry there will be consequences for the owner.
I'd heard of this guy, by name, an asshole whenever it was mentioned, everyone knows him, apparently he's perpetually drunk, and not a good sort of drunk, hence his attitude, and you have to laugh at the Drunken Liquor Inspector...