I met an elderly man at a playground...

The playground is between South St. and Lombard St on 6th. My son was off playing and this man who I assume to have been in the range of about early to mid 70's and I began chatting. He explained to me that he was a native and life long resident of the area. Our conversation drifted and we wound up discussing the multitude of various changes that South Philadelphia has gone through. As is often the case when discussing such matters with my inner-city elders, we got to talking about one of the main paradigm shifts that gets pointed out for being a major catalyst of the perceived downward spiral of the inner-city neighborhoods ; the influx of "drugs".

The odd thing was that after all that was done being discussed this old man began explaining that the way they smoked pot was very different in his day. He explained to me that they used to take big puffs off of a joint and then exhale into a paper bag; then pass it to the next guy, who would in turn inhale the exhaled smoke, hold it, then exhale again into the bag and pass and repeat on down the line.

Wow I thought, that sounds gross.

Four-sign quotations

• Banana Nim banana Nim
• Banana eat me Nim
• Banana me Nim me
• Banana me eat banana
• Drink Nim drink Nim
• Drink eat drink eat
• Drink eat me Nim
• Eat Nim eat Nim
• Eat drink eat drink
• Eat grape eat Nim
• Eat me Nim drink
• Grape eat Nim eat
• Grape eat me Nim
• Me Nim eat me
• Me eat drink more
• Me eat me eat
• Me gum me gum
• Nim eat Nim eat
• Play me Nim play
• Tickle me Nim play

Them Rooskies Sure Does Know How To Build'em......

The Captain and his Crew

either way, the ship goes down.

Puh-Puh-Puh-Puh-Peter Puh-Puh-Paul Reubens,

What I'd do to be hanging with these bad ass crackers, ......let me count the ways..

Weird Pennsylvania Accent

On occasion I've found myself trying to explain to people that will listen, about this strange Central Pennsylvania accent I used to hear on an old co-worker of mine. This video is not even close to how extreme I've head it can be at times, but it's the best I can come by on this'y here intronet.