Wednesday, August 04, 2004

Elvis Rides the Bus

There is an interesting guy who rides the 27 bus from time to time. He looks like an old, puffy, and slightly ill Elvis impersonator. He has huge dyed-black, bushy mutton chop side burns, and terrible hair. The hair is also dyed black, but it's a wig. A really bad, possibly home-made Elvis inspired pompadour, which doesn't quite match the texture of the mutton chops. His wig looks like it's only living on his head temporarily until it can find someplace better to be. It isn't getting along with his sideburns, and some one is going to have to leave.

His other interesting aspect is his use of the bus. He uses a walker, so it takes him a good 2 or 3 minutes to get on the bus and get himself settled into a seat. When he gets off, it takes him another 2 or 3 minutes to unwedge himself from the seat, and hobble down the stairs and onto the sidewalk. Seeing as it takes him so long to get on and off the bus, and how much trouble he has with the stairs, why does he only ride the bus 2 blocks? I've seen him twice in the past week, and he's gone the same distance from the same stops both times.

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