a while ago my pal tom and i discovered that we've both had the odd (but fortunate) experience of pissing off a clown. my story involved me unintentionally cutting off a small red yugo on the 405. i looked in my rearview mirror to offer a friendly wave as if to say "sorry" when i was stricken by the violent image of a large and scary clown screaming and flipping me off from inside the small red vehicle...tomtom told me the tale of a work trip to mexico where he witnessed a clown making out with a teenage girl. naturally tom did what anyone else would do in that moment and took a picture. the smooching clown noticed this, did not like it and wanted to fight my friend for documenting his intimate moment...
tom has since returned to mexico and he checked in with me via IM yesterday. the following is the chat that ensued:
him: i am so in mexico for the next month
me: for a month!?
me: when do you leave?
him: i'm here already
me: are you getting in fights with any mexican clowns?
him: not this time - but i only just got here yesterday
me: well i look forward to many stories
him: i'm all about getting agro with mime artists these days
me: "if i wasn't stuck in this imaginary glass box your ass would so be going down!"
me: "you are dead meat once i reach the end of my imaginary neverending hanky!"
him: you just made me laugh out loud in the factory office. i can't explain the joke to mexicans
me: thinking of you trying to explain it is making me laugh out loud
me:"so...it's a box
it's clear...
claro"
him: oh shit -
me: you can't see it
him: claro means bright
me: oh
him: like "una vasso"
but square..
and i'm stuck in it see...?
(mime being stuck in a water glass)
me: but what's funny about it is i am an ANGRY mime
and i want to beat you up
oh- you don't know what a mime is?
my face is black and white and i dont' talk
only with my manos
him: my cheeks hurt
me: yo non hablo
only con mi manos
solo con mi manos!!!
him: i have given up trying to hide my laughter
they can just stare away
me: i recall our last chat was mostly in french
him: write the blog about it!
me: i love when we get bilingual
me: so today's haiku is all about the mime?
him: languages, angry mime, not hiding the laughter
faux languages
me: tres bueno
him: franglais, spanglish
him: i am going to go read for a bit.
me: ok, i guess i will work
me: or
me: work on my spanish mime combat haiku
him: have your people call my people some time, K? Ciao
me: keep in touch
him: yes - love to hear more about your project. fax a copy to my office
tom, this is the most poetic follow up i could have ever wished for:
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i laughed so much yesterday that my face has permanently frozen into an exact look-a-like of Joan Rivers. I've already got 3 Barmitzvah bookings and a shopping mall to open in South Dakota.
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