8-7-04 4:04 AM

Well, a very interesting thing happened today, which I could not pass up recording.

Jedwin and I went to the mall, with the intent of seeing a movie. However, upon arriving, we noticed something peculiar: There seemed to be fire and smoke billowing out from the parking lot. Well, I parked my car at a safe distance, and we walked over and saw that the fire was emanating from the back of a pickup truck. Apparently whatever was in the truck's bed had spontaneously combusted or whatnot, and was making quite a mess.

But amazingly, that is not the entertaining part of the story.

Upon seeing this burning vehicle, I did the only logical thing: I took out my camera and started taking pictures. Boy was I surprised when one of the idiotic security guards started screaming at me. Working together, Jedwin and I transcribed as much of the conversation that ensued as we could remember. We are sure that we left some stuff out, but the stuff we remembered was pretty funny. My commentary is italicized.

Rent a cop: Hey, you don't have to take pictures of that! Put your camera away!
Henry: Bite me.
R: What did you just say?
H: *tries to take picture*
R: *runs at Henry but stops short* - Yes, the man actually RAN straight at me, intending to do who-knows-what, but stopped short when he realized that he could do nothing.
H: Did you just run at me, you fag? - hehehe, I called a grown man a fag to his face.
R: Just try it, put that camera in your eye! - yes folks, IN your eye.
H: Actually, a camera goes in front of your face, not in your eye.
(something happens here, I forget what)
H: What are you going to do, mace me with your rent-a-cop mace? - well, my adrenaline was pumping, so I used the word mace twice in one sentence. Bite me. At least I called him a rent-a-cop to his face.
H: *starts to walk away*
H: Fag. - hehehe, I called him a fag again.
H: *walks away... then comes back and takes additional pictures* - unfortunately, these other pictures didn't turn out that well, because the fire was already extinguished.

So in summation, I called a rent-a-cop a rent-a-cop to his face, and also called him a fag. Throughout all this, Jedwin was just standing there and very quietly chuckling.

The movie was good, but bland in comparison to reality. And for those of you who missed the link to the picture the goes with the story, here it is again. Enjoy.