Metro Encounter
I was riding the metro today, sitting across from a man -- easily in this 40's -- who was reading the latest Harry Potter. To make matters worse, he was wearing the replica "Harry" glasses -- you know the style, big, oval, black.
I don't care if it's entertaining. If you are an adult you should be reading something of substance -- especially whilst riding the metro, I mean, you're all out in public, and we're judging you. Among the most heartbreaking literary tragedies is J.R. Tolkien's wasted life; one of the greatest linguists to ever live, Tolkien spent his time inventing fake languages for children's novels.
If you want to read like a child, expect to get beat like a child.
Elderly Harry Potter fans, you've been warned.
posted by Q. @ 10:16 PM
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No comments? Don't think I don't see you checking this blog and then, selfishly, not answering my questions or even acknowledging the new banner with the tractor. I love that tractor. I'm watching you, visitors from Georgia, Michigan, Florida, North Carolina, Virginia. Don't be selfish. Share the love...
Speaking for the Virginia delegation, we love the tractor. We hate Tolkein. We hate Potter. We love NASCAR. We will also send you money for Metro tokens if you promise to use them only to ride the system looking for middleaged men reading Potter and then beat the crap out of them.
Just let us know where to send the check.
I'll pick up the money when I'm down there for the night race at Bristol.
The North Carolina delegation will be closing down its offices at the end of the month, the announcement of the "Dixie Classic Fair" being the last straw.
As such, we're torching the tractor, voting for Tolkein, and hoping against hope that the next installment of JK Rowling's exciting novel takes place in Kannapolis.
And stow it, Virginia--NASCAR was born in NC, and it stays in NC. (Per the sign on highway 77.)
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