We were sitting out front watching our neighbors pack when Monica brought over three bags of greens that would probably go bad while they were gone. She said, “I think one of them is cilantro”‘ and I thought great. I was going to pick some up for one of the tapas we were planning on making when we got together with Julio and Alice this weekend. We headed out to the Public Market and bought as much as we could carry of local blueberries, peaches, dark red cherries and corn. I grabbed some Italian parsley that one of the tapas recipes called for and then we stopped at Wegmans to pick up the rest.
At the corner of Culver and Ridge, right in front of Walgreens, there was a gathering of protesters wearing suits and holding up big white signs. One of them said, “Honk if You Support Traditional Marriage”. Someone honked. I laid on the horn and didn’t let up. The protesters stared at us not knowing what to think. We drove by them again after shopping at Wegmans and I took some photos and yelled, “You guys are nuts.” They were all guys and one of their signs read, “Adam and Eve not Steve and Steve.”
I got home and unpacked and discovered the cilantro that Monica had given us was actually Italian parsley so I hopped on my bike and headed back to Wegmans. I told Peggi I might take a movie of the protesters and she suggested that I say, Hi Steve”, to all of them as I rode by so I did that. “Hi Steve.” “Hi Steve.” “Hi Steve.” “Hi Steve.” “Hi Steve.” “Hi Steve.” “Hi Steve.” etc. They really didn’t know what to think.
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haha,
good one, I’m particularly gratified that the protesters chose my name for same sex “offenders” : )
cheers,
Steve
P.S. this reminds me of the Monty Python skit, poking fun of Australians, where everyone is called Bruce, except a newbie….”mind if we cal you Bruce? make things a lot easier !” . …no poofters….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_f_p0CgPeyA
A number of people reading this know my friend, Colleen, with whom I’ve gone to a number of Margaret Explosions and art shows. Her daughter is gay.
At first she had a hard time accepting it. People like this Brylcream-asshole taught her who the real Christians are:
“What If Jesus Marched That Day?”
http://www.presentationsunplugged.com/blog/?p=1576
You should have seen these guys picketing the gay pride parade last week. All middle-aged white males trying to get into it with huge biblical quotations on signs. Very nasty but the drag queens had a ball with it…