Well, being a mailman and all (I need to flaunt my job in EVERY thread. It makes me feel special. Besides everyone MUST know I'm a mailman. lol :)) Anyway, I've worked in a bunch of different neighborhoods, and there are weirdo's everywhere, but I've never seen a stranger group of regular local freakshows then in Jackson Heights Queens.
I'll start with the first guy I've seen on a regular basis. He was a homeless man, that would walk up and down 37th Ave all day long. Now you say, that's not weird, and you're right BUT he has the funniest walk known to man! He would take a normal step with his left leg, then do a front kick with his right leg and continue walking. He did it EVERY STEP!! ::normal step, FRONT KICK, normal step:: and he always has a cigarette dangling in his mouth. One day I get into work early so I went to the diner and I'm sitting there eating my breakfast and first I see the right kick, and I knew it was him making his way down 37ave. So I watch his go past the window and I notice.....the man had his junk hanging out....taking a leak!!! while he was walking (if that's what you call it) down the street!!
This next "strange Local Character" is another homeless man in Jackson Heights. He's a tall black gentleman that walks up and down 85st - Junction Blvd. on Roosevelt Ave. He's friendly and harmless BUT the scariest mofo you'll ever run into. The thing that makes him so frightful is....his hair. The man looks like he has 35 cans of spray on hair on his head. It look unnatural! I swear to God he has midgets living in that hair.
The last guy I'll mention always baffled me. You see he's not homeless, in fact he lives in one of the nicer buildings of Jackson Heights. He stays around 74st - 82st and he always has a plastic bag in his hand, but the weird thing is he wears the same T-shirt everyday. Now wait....He also wears the T-shirt in the winter. Keep waiting because that's not all...on the T-shirt is......A HUGE HEADED CARTOON DRAWING OF HIMSELF!! Like the ones you get at a fair. Wait, there's more...there's a pink tab sticking off the shirt that makes the HUGE drawing of this man, look like his tongue is sticking out!!! I laugh EVERYTIME i see this guy!!! OH MAN it's soo funny!!!
Listen, if you ever want to see these people I swear to you they are on the streets of Jackson Height EVERYDAY!! It's a must see!!!
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This message was edited by PanterA on 8-8-02 @ 1:21 AM