From: Dave Land <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Stalked in Belize (Was: Re: Ancient Mayan Canals?) Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2004 13:40:25 -0800
On Dec 9, 2004, at 10:48 AM, Travis Edmunds wrote:
Belize City was -- probably still is -- urban Caribbean poverty: muddy, humid, predatory. The minute we walked out of our hotel (compound), we were stalked by persistent, vaguely threatening panhandlers. One followed us everywhere we went, including into a Chinese restaurant, where he sat at our table, blowing smoke over our food while insisting in an increasingly loud voice (as slow-motion time dragged on) that he just wanted us to "MEET DA PEOPLE!" When I offered him money, he acted offended and angry, at which point the owners of the restaurant asked him to leave. Bless them.
So what, no chaperone?
Your question could be taken two ways:
That's it?! How two-dimensional of you!
1) No, we didn't /want/ a chaperone.
2) No, we didn't think we would need one. I didn't have any idea that we would need one in a place that people go to for relaxation. How naive of us.
Well it seemed to me to be an irresponsible thing to go out for a stroll without some sort of accompaniment. But if ye (you and the wife) didn't want that, or think it necessary for reasonable reasons, then I'd say that's a reasonably reasonable reason for not having it.
The next morning, we allowed ourselves to be corralled into what I remember as the space under an elevated porch that served as a restaurant. The barker who called us into the place hung out furtively by the front door. My wife insists that he was doing drug deals out there. But the breakfast was good.
Why can't I get a particular episode of Frasier out of my mind. You know, the one with the brownie...
Actually, I don't, although I suspect you're referring to the episode entitled "High Holidays," in which Martin inadvertently eats a marijuana-laced brownie.
Please, forgive this uncultured little cretin for such a brutish reference to the situation comedy Frasier, and the episode entitled - High Holidays. I pray that you may, in the future, find some semblance of a redeeming quality within this lowly animal, and accept me back into the realm of Humanity.
<innocent smile> Don't take me seriously. I don't.
<serious>
You know, you said that your wife thought the restaurant guy was pushing (dealing drugs), but the breakfast was good. Hence my joke. You know, the one that you knew all about.
-Travis "who let that kid in here without a chaperone?!?!?!?!?!" Edmunds
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