Ever laugh in a dude's face
Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 6:43 am
Couple years back me and my buddy were still in high school. Well one day we were eating lunch in an area a little bit away from the main lunch area. THe main plaza area was too loud, too many people, too crowded,etc so it was just me and him(no homo) We're just having a regular lunch minding our own shit probably chatting about how many skulls we've cracked the past week. Me and this dude go back a while and shit, so we can laugh at any situation that others wouldn't find funny.
Out of nowhere some army recruiter comes up and starts talking to me. The man knows quality when he sees it. Probably imagines me with 50 bullet wounds, leading a platoon of men screaming orders while grenades and rockets are going off all around. Imagines all the grunts looking up at their fearless leader for their morale boost as they storm the enemy's defences.
Anyway back to the story. Guy comes up to me and starts talking, let me let you know that he has a very heavy Jamaican accent. I'd go as far as saying some of his spech was difficult to understand. He starts out by telling me "Hey mon you wan join da ahmy?" Immediately upon hearing his accent, my friend turns to face the other way because he and I both know if we make eye contact it will be over. I keep my cool and chat with him a bit, don't wanna tell the guy to fly a kite, you know. All the while the only thing on my mind is this dude's accent. I'd say the guy was probably in his forties. Musta seen his share of high school punks and steadfast new recruits. But surely he was not prepared to deal with what was about to happen to him next.
I make the mistake of looking at my friend through the corner of my eye and I can see him holding his sandwich with a smirk on his face. You know, the type of smirk you have when you're wanting to laugh. He sees that I saw him and it all ends right there. Both of us are crying and pissing our pants in laughter. I'm completely oblivious to the guy standing right there. Eventually I can hear "Mon I say somethin funny" later followed by "I wanna laugh too." In an attempt to apologize, I looked him in the face and saw an expression I will remember for the rest of my life. He looked like he was on the verge of tears, as if his whole family had been executed in front of his eyes. He had had enough, he said "allright mon, bye" and you could tell from his voice he felt like complete shit. He turned around and began slowly walking away. I can only imagine he was contemplating suicide by the look on his face. Needless to say I never saw this guy around the school again.
Out of nowhere some army recruiter comes up and starts talking to me. The man knows quality when he sees it. Probably imagines me with 50 bullet wounds, leading a platoon of men screaming orders while grenades and rockets are going off all around. Imagines all the grunts looking up at their fearless leader for their morale boost as they storm the enemy's defences.
Anyway back to the story. Guy comes up to me and starts talking, let me let you know that he has a very heavy Jamaican accent. I'd go as far as saying some of his spech was difficult to understand. He starts out by telling me "Hey mon you wan join da ahmy?" Immediately upon hearing his accent, my friend turns to face the other way because he and I both know if we make eye contact it will be over. I keep my cool and chat with him a bit, don't wanna tell the guy to fly a kite, you know. All the while the only thing on my mind is this dude's accent. I'd say the guy was probably in his forties. Musta seen his share of high school punks and steadfast new recruits. But surely he was not prepared to deal with what was about to happen to him next.
I make the mistake of looking at my friend through the corner of my eye and I can see him holding his sandwich with a smirk on his face. You know, the type of smirk you have when you're wanting to laugh. He sees that I saw him and it all ends right there. Both of us are crying and pissing our pants in laughter. I'm completely oblivious to the guy standing right there. Eventually I can hear "Mon I say somethin funny" later followed by "I wanna laugh too." In an attempt to apologize, I looked him in the face and saw an expression I will remember for the rest of my life. He looked like he was on the verge of tears, as if his whole family had been executed in front of his eyes. He had had enough, he said "allright mon, bye" and you could tell from his voice he felt like complete shit. He turned around and began slowly walking away. I can only imagine he was contemplating suicide by the look on his face. Needless to say I never saw this guy around the school again.
