Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Overheard @ Queen Streetcar between Lansdowne and Bathhurst

So every morning I ride the Queen streetcar from Parkdale to downtown. If anyone is familiar with P-dale then they know it is an extremely..oh um...colorful? area.
my morning usually begins with a coffee from coffee time in the heart of cracktown, always interesting.. and then I jump on the streetcar where I hardly ever get a seat and zone out for a bit in preparation for my usually jam packed/stressful/insanely busy day at work.
This morning however, I was unable to get this 30 minute day-dream break and instead, along with the entire streetcar was subjected to a play-by-play of one of my fellow P-dale resident's evening before.

Him: a little/lot 'worn out' looking. Still drunk from the night before...or this morning?...reeked of booze and sweating profusely. He was talking on his satellite phone...or at least that's how big it was and to top off an already charming exterior...he sported a bit of egg in his beard.
Me: Fortunate enough to be standing right next to him.

Drunkard: HEY RON?...yeah, its my Larry...DO YOU KNOW WHERE MY CAR IS? [insert answer from Ron..probably something along the lines of...uh no?]
Drunkard: Ha Ha Ha...well yeah woah man, what a night last night. I have no idea how I got home. I mean, I had a few [Ron: you had more than a few]
Drunkard: So you don't know where my car is? crap. well i mean, at least i didn't drive it home. I mean, I don't think I drove it home...it isn't there right now. Ok man, sorry to wake you up, I'm going to call Fred.

He then proceeds to call Fred, Dan and Jimmy all with similar conversations as above. I was pleased...especially since his volume level for these conversations definitely exceeded what is acceptable at 7:45am.

I think between Dan and Jimmy, Drunkard realized that none of his friends had his car and that probably his wife had taken it...at least I assume this is what happened. After he was done offending the entire streetcar with his vibrant conversations with all of his friends, he proceeded to HOLLER down the streetcar to another one of his friends (Tim)..

Drunkard: HEY TIM!!...TIM!
Tim: yeah Larry
Drunkard: NONE'O THE BOYS GOT MY CAR...PATTY MUST HAVE TAKEN IT TO WORK. JUST REMEMBERED THAT I DIDN'T EVEN DRIVE IT TO THE BAR LAST NIGHT. DAMN WOMAN. HAHA...WOAH MAN. WE GOTTA HAVE NIGHTS LIKE THAT MORE OFTEN! HELLUVA TIME EH?
Tim: yeah Larry.

Good Morning everyone!

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