{"id":8000,"date":"2017-08-03T22:36:18","date_gmt":"2017-08-04T02:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/?p=8000"},"modified":"2017-08-03T22:38:06","modified_gmt":"2017-08-04T02:38:06","slug":"f-chevy-rode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/?p=8000","title":{"rendered":"F*** You&#8230; And the Chevy You Rode In On"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_8001\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8001\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/img20170803_22331064.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"374\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8001\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/img20170803_22331064.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/img20170803_22331064-241x300.jpg 241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8001\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">F*** You&#8230; And the Chevy You Rode In On<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I was approached by a rather awkward young fellow on Walnut Street in Philadelphia this afternoon.  I saw him cross from the other side of the street.  I noticed that he noticed me and then lingered at the corner.  <\/p>\n<p>He had a small notebook and looked about 30.  I assumed he was about to harangue me with climate change propaganda or ask me to fill out a survey about my understanding of gender issues.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Excuse me, sir,&#8221; He timidly said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hey, what&#8217;s up?&#8221; I said in a friendly yet subdued tone to match his timidity.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m sorry, sir.  I gave the finger to that pickup truck because, well, because he made fun of me and said something ugly to me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I gazed intently down Walnut Street, not seeing a pickup truck but stalling to allow my brain to adjust to the reason why this man approached me, as opposed to what I assumed initially.<\/p>\n<p>This fellow was noticeably bothered by what he just experienced.  He needed a little support.  He was like a stray puppy that just got kicked in the hind quarters.  Plus, the eczema on his neck was an indication that he probably carried enough stress every day.  So I did the only sensible thing.<\/p>\n<p>I raised my middle finger after the pickup, as best I could with a Bruegger&#8217;s bagel in my right hand and a coffee and my left, and proclaimed, &#8220;Fuck that guy!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The puppy stammered, &#8220;Uh.  Yeah!  YEAH!  FUCK THAT GUY!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You have a good day!&#8221; I said as I left him on smiling on Walnut.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was approached by a rather awkward young fellow on Walnut Street in Philadelphia this afternoon. I saw him cross from the other side of the street. I noticed that he noticed me and then lingered at the corner. He had a small notebook and looked about 30. I assumed he was about to harangue [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-drawings","category-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8000"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8000\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8002,"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8000\/revisions\/8002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}