So I was walking on a sidewalk in downtown Austin headed for the UPS store. I had my model-a coupe window templates in hand and intentions to mail em out to Bob's Classic Auto Glass (Alliance Vendor by god!) so that I could put a barrier between me and the wind while driving the coupe. Without warning, some smelly bum comes from behind and yanks the templates from my arms and starts hauling ass! What was I to do? I thought about it for a moment and then thought, "Fuck that!" and started double timing it after him. I'd say me and my new jogging buddy made it about half a block before he tripped and dropped my card board. Once I caught up, I was unsure what to do next... So, I grabbed my card board and looked down at the smelly hippie. "Fucker!" I screamed. He got up and walked off like nothing ever happened. Hot Rodding is hard work man.
This can't possibly be a true story! It's too fucked for words, what was he thinking, "there goes my new house."?
No shit! My buddy was sitting at a traffic light on his Kawasaki Triple and a guy just came up to him and punched him in the face right through his 3/4 helmet for no reason.
the sad part is that if you had kicked him in ther face YOU would have gotten arrested and tossed in jail.
I've been talking about it with the folks at work... We've come to the conclusion that he was just practicing... I hope I helped mold his future strategies...
Between this and your Flathead problems it sounds to me like the Hot rod gods are trying to tell you something.
What was it I heard once? "Steal our stuff and we'll kick your teeth in." Dude- that is just flippen weird!
Could it be some sort of Cochran Coupe Curse? I bet all of the good energy created in the making of the coupe and your actions with this board and all has created some bi-polar bad mojo magnet effect.
When I lived in Austin there was a hippie bum guitarist on the Drag that I used to give cigarettes to. Found out he was Roky Ericson of the 13th Floor Elevators, whose song "You're Gonna Miss Me" is now used for Dell Computer TV commercials.
I hear the mugger was actually Jeff Norwell. He wants to continually add to his collection of Model A parts.
Should have at least kicked that smelly fucker in the balls or something! Tired of people feeling sorry for the "homeless". Downtown everywhere is full of these scumbags. Fuck em.
Maybe he was pissed cuz he thought you just stole his front door! I got a windshield through Bob and I think his alliance discount just about covered the cost of my alliance membership!
The fucker wanted to make a sign... Next one that asks me for money at a stop light is getting his sign jacked! I'ma start a colection.
Damn Ryan I thought the really off the wall stuff only happened to me. Well good to know I'm not really alone. Listen if you need glass I got a pair of stock sized quarter windows behind the seat of the truck. They belong to the raven but he won't mind.
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