Comments on: Friday Night Observations http://www.adammessinger.com/2004/08/14/friday-night-observations Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:11:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Adam M. http://www.adammessinger.com/2004/08/14/friday-night-observations#comment-222 Wed, 18 Aug 2004 17:18:48 +0000 http://www.adammessinger.com/2004/08/14/friday-night-observations#comment-222 Mostly by standing too close and rather obviously staring at the contents of my wallet as I paid for my cigarettes. The guy was practically standing on tiptoes to count the bills in my billfold. That kind of ogling of my personal monetary property just sets off all kinds of alarm bells. He walked the same direction as me, but slower, for about a half block after we both left the convenience store. I crossed the street too see what he'd do, and he decided not to continue being painfully obvious and amateurish. I hope for his sake that he gives up petty crime for panhandling; as bad as he is at the former, he's sure to make a relative killing doing the latter. Mostly by standing too close and rather obviously staring at the contents of my wallet as I paid for my cigarettes. The guy was practically standing on tiptoes to count the bills in my billfold. That kind of ogling of my personal monetary property just sets off all kinds of alarm bells.

He walked the same direction as me, but slower, for about a half block after we both left the convenience store. I crossed the street too see what he’d do, and he decided not to continue being painfully obvious and amateurish. I hope for his sake that he gives up petty crime for panhandling; as bad as he is at the former, he’s sure to make a relative killing doing the latter.

]]> by: Jen http://www.adammessinger.com/2004/08/14/friday-night-observations#comment-221 Wed, 18 Aug 2004 15:02:37 +0000 http://www.adammessinger.com/2004/08/14/friday-night-observations#comment-221 Okay, second question. How did he let you know he was doing it? Okay, second question. How did he let you know he was doing it?

]]> by: Adam M. http://www.adammessinger.com/2004/08/14/friday-night-observations#comment-218 Tue, 17 Aug 2004 18:34:32 +0000 http://www.adammessinger.com/2004/08/14/friday-night-observations#comment-218 It's a slang verb encompassing senses 4b, 10, and 13 of the noun form as defined <a href="http://www.bartleby.com/61/26/M0112600.html" title="'mark' - The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Ed. (2000)">here</a>. Heh. Leave it up to an English nerd like me to give such an exacting description of criminal slang. It’s a slang verb encompassing senses 4b, 10, and 13 of the noun form as defined here.

Heh. Leave it up to an English nerd like me to give such an exacting description of criminal slang.

]]> by: Jen http://www.adammessinger.com/2004/08/14/friday-night-observations#comment-217 Tue, 17 Aug 2004 18:01:14 +0000 http://www.adammessinger.com/2004/08/14/friday-night-observations#comment-217 marked? what do you mean, marked? marked? what do you mean, marked?

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