Charm City Redux

A few random observations from my recent journey south....

Edward at Bambino's Curse recounts a confrontation with an angry native and wonders if Orioles' fans are sore losers; several commenters agree about 'nasty' Baltimore fans. While I'm sure there are asshole fans in every ball park, I would like to note the following for the record. I lived in Baltimore for six years. I had season tickets for two years at Camden Yards, and prior to that attended many games at Memorial Stadium. All told I probably attended about 50 or so ballgames in Baltimore during that time, usually wearing a Red Sox hat. I never had any bad experiences with Orioles fans. I suppose things could have changed in the roughly nine years I've been gone but I don't think so. Before the games on Sunday and Tuesday, my friends and I wandered among the crowd at the large block party hosted by the watering holes across the street from Camden Yards. We encountered plenty of ribbing and friendly banter, but no overt hostility. Same inside the park at Tuesday's game. Hopefully Edward will have a better experience next time he ventures south to Charm City.

I proposed to our waitress Tuesday night, but my offer was rejected despite my indicating that my family was willing to pay a substantial brideprice of 'three cows, perhaps more if you are fertile.' Unfortunately for me, her family already owns a dairy farm.

Monday I mentioned The Tale of the List. For some reason, Bunny was inspired to put together a list of 42 bad pickup lines, some of which he copied from the internet and some which he came up with himself. The list included such groaners as:
Are those space pants you're wearing? Cos your ass is out of this world.
Well, I'm here. What were your other two wishes?
You remind me of a hooker I knew in Fresno.
We must be near an airport, because my heart just took off.

You get the idea. They were all horrible. The funny thing is, women found the list amusing. They even took copies of the list (yes, Bunny made copies. When he schemes, he does so in detail.) And then they went and used the list to go and meet guys. Seriously - I watched the whole thing go down. So some guy probably got lucky with that list - just not Bunny. Or any of us for that matter.

There are so many badly done Boston accents on TV and in movies, that apparently people don't recognize the real thing. Some lady we met before the game on Sunday told that our accents were 'fake.' On the other hand, she also believed our claim that Boston Rob from Survivor (I think that's his name, I don't watch the show) was Snuggles' cousin.