I'm not an observer, but figured I'd share a picture of these eggs that HWD made last night.
The plan was to take them to his daughters this morning before he went to work. He left and I fell back asleep. At 11 am I finally woke up, and saw a 9 am text from him saying "oh no! did I leave the eggs on the table?" A typical day in the life of someone who has ADHD! 😕 When I reported back that yes, they were on the kitchen table he said "well, I guess I'm all set to go for next year". 
(he had carefully cracked and emptied and dried the eggs, so it's not like they're going to go bad).
NOTE to reviewers: I know you don't approve posts about politics - the following is simply an honest account of something that happened to me yesterday. I've tried to refrain from any editorializing.
I had a strange experience yesterday. I was going to an Earth Day march and gathering in downtown St. Paul. I was sitting at the bus stop waiting for a bus that would take me downtown. An older guy with long dreadlocks walked up, sat on the other end of the bench and said, "the 74 stops here, right?"
Then I made a serious error. I said, "are you going to the protest?"
Him: "What protest?"
Me: "It's about climate change...for Earth Day. " I may have added that it was an umbrella protest against 47, I don't really remember.
Him: "You've got the wrong guy. I'm a Trump supporter."
I was surprised and just said "Oh OK. No more needs to be said." with a smile.
But no. He kept on talking. "I know he's an asshole. But at least he's doing something." I didn't respond.
He asked how old I am, I said 67. "Oh you've got a couple of years on me. But look how young I look compared to you. Black don't crack babe." I couldn't resist mildly noting, "You do have some gray in your beard though".
He started in with personal attacks and kept escalating. "I hate white liberals like you. I bet you're a lesbian. Do you like pussy?"
It went on and on until finally he was implying that I was happy Philando Castile and George Floyd had been murdered.
Meanwhile I'm thinking, "Where is that goddamn bus?" I stood up to look down the street and pulled out my phone to check the Transit app and see where it was. That prompted him to say "You're calling the police on me aren't you? I don't care. I've been to prison."
Finally the bus pulled up. The doors opened and I gestured for him to go ahead (I figured I'd wait until he sat and settle in somewhere as far away as possible). He gestured back for ME to go ahead. I gestured back. The female bus driver: "GET ON THE BUS!!" 😂
So I got on and said to her under my breath, "I don't want to sit near him". She rolled her eyes and said "I know!" I figure she must have encountered him before.
He stood near the front and was effusively friendly with a family that was sitting there holding protest signs. There was an awkward moment when he referred to their long haired kid as "she". "That's my nephew" the lady said.
I'm thinking, "what the fuck, I get verbally abused for 10 minutes for asking if he was going to the protest, meanwhile he loves these folks".
He did eventually start getting kind of uncomfortably rowdy and the driver said he was going to have to tone it down. A few stops later, he got off the bus. Whew.
Interestingly, about a mile later a police officer boarded the bus and was going around asking people if there was anyone who was making them feel unsafe. I wonder if the bus driver has a secret 'summon the police' button that she pushed?
Moral of the story, don't assume a black hippie looking guy with dreadlocks is going to the same event as you.
The march was fun though. Here was one of my favorite signs:
17
21 comments
This all could have been avoided if you drove your car to the Earth Day protest. 🤣
Good point!! 😂 I honestly wasn’t virtue signaling - I just really hate trying to find parking in downtown St. Paul.
@smartasswoman Yeah, that reasonable explanation occurred to me but leaving it out was more fun.
Big uproar here recently when the City of Wichita wanted to start CHARGING for parking downtown! 😮
I call BS on your T D S rampage
Thanks for being out there.
There weren’t as many people as two weeks ago, but still a healthy turnout. I hope momentum continues to grow.
Great 👍 happy Easter bb
A real life reminder of the expression often attributed to Oscar Wilde, “Don’t Assume. Because when you do, you make an ASS of U and Me”
Haha yeah, I was actually thinking about that saying during the encounter.
Penguin memes rock 😂
There's been a lot of great ones lately! 😃
Late last week there was a dude at the main intersection in our very Red burgh holding up a sign calling Trump a felon and traitor. When I drove by I thought "wow, you're brave!" I'm guessing he got a lot of hate from passers-by.
Sorry to hear you had to deal with that, and yeah it sounds like the route driver had had dealings with him before.
I've seen a lot of reports of demonstrations in smaller towns. Not huge turnouts, but respectable. I'm sorry the guy you saw had to go it alone.
@smartasswoman I did not recognize him but only got a brief glance. And just tonight I had to deliver to some goober with not one but two Confederate flags in his garage. I refrained from commenting...out loud at least
I feel for you. Hence why I really don't partake with people out on the street anymore. I use to be a really upbeat and friendly guy. Now for the sake of not running into these idiots, I prefer not to know what colors the fly unless I am really sure.
I''m generally fairly friendly too (or at a minimum, polite). But I think you're right. I shouldn't make any assumptions even though I live in a pretty liberal area. If he had been carrying a protest sign, that would have been different.
@smartasswoman Agreed. I use to be able to tolerate other folks different opinions but that has all changed. Today if you have a different view or belief, they want to crack your head open. So, to avoid someone stupid actions or assumptions, I will just refrain from being the friendly and accepting as I use to be.
I would have been politely non-committal up til the white liberal comment. Then I would have reminded him about the number of white liberals that died so that he could vote for an asshole.
It didn't take very long for me to figure out that I was best off ignoring him and not responding at all. I like your reminder though!
Your post made it through unscathed, though I don't know how long it took to be approved, but at least it's arrived intact.
I absolutely love the penguin placard. It sums it all up.
That conversation while catching a bus was eye-opening. It reminded me of a casual conversation I had with a woman in a bar. I was out with my best friend, we're both left-wing liberals, and a rowdy group entered the bar. One woman in the group sat next to us as there wasn't enough room on the table where her friends were sitting next to our table.
We started a conversation. She said she was a civil servant and a trade unionist. We took that as a cue that she must be left-wing. But no, she was a staunch Tory. I had to ask her how she can reconcile her support for the then Conservative Government hellbent on wanting to curb trade union power and cutting civil service jobs. But she saw no contradiction and she left the bar still a staunch Tory.
It's one of life's political mysteries, how the right manage to appeal to those who, in terms of material interests, should be on the left.
It also happened with Brexit, many working class people here voted for Brexit even though they were the first to complain when they had to pay roaming charges when phoning from abroad, having to queue longer in airports to enter EU countries, and having to pay more for their cigarettes and alcohol that they brought back from abroad.
My only guess is that identity politics are more important than I and I suspect many other left-wing liberals assumed.
Maybe Karl Marx got it slightly wrong in arguing that material economic interests determine our politics!
This experience was a lesson to me that I shouldn’t make assumptions about who someone supports. I do live in a neighborhood that’s probably about 80% liberal but still…
Oh, and it got approved relatively quickly. I’m starting to think that it actually does help to add a note for the reviewers.
I went to my first protest against Trump I had fun and will do it again. I think you might know how I feel. I do know of a new home for him it's in El Salvador.
Naw, two wrongs don’t make a right. I’d be ok with the current detainees at that place being released and 47 being impeached.