Catch last night's ghetto bird?
Round about 10:30 last night I heard what sounded like kids setting off a couple of fireworks in the alley. I guess I was wrong because after hearing two sets of "fireworks" or a couple of a couple of loud pops, I hear a helicopter. Then later I hear the neighborhood kids carrying on. When I looked out they were dancing in the spotlight of the circling whirlybird. Kids are weird.The helicopter made a couple of passes beaming down a strong light on our block. Then it went away. And the only sound left was the kids yakking in the street.
Labels: crime
posted by Mari @ 14.8.08
9 Comments:
Yes, I was in bed and the reverberations from the rotors were thumping off my roof.
There was one out the previous night as well. It seemed interested in the area around the Armstrong school. -Mike
I heard the ghetto bird too, but it seemed to quiet down by 11 or so.
Come on Mari, after so many years in DC you can't tell the difference between firecrackers and Gunshots!
You're expecting a level of expertise which I just don't have. It sounded like it was coming from the alley and I was keeping a ear out for 10-12 year old mischief, so I immediately concluded that the lil' bastards were setting off firecrackers.
Besides each year I hear fewer guns going off. That or the shots are like background noise and it really doesn't register.
I love how Howard U. capitalized the word "Gunshots".
It is a proper noun in your culture, no?
No, not quite a proper noun in my culture. I was just typing and accidentally capitalized a random word. But I do find your culture amusing. That is the culture of pretentious, lame *ss grammar correction on the internet. Why not adopt a real hobby like bird watching or better yet, since you like teaching, why don't you spend your days in the classroom. Instead of being a harda** on the internet and doofus in real life you could be a English teacher. lol
www.teachforamerica.org
Mari, my comments were in jest, if you could not tell. This guy/gal has an obvious chip on his/her shoulder
I can't wait to move back to DC! I wish I lived near such interesting characters. But then again, I probably do!
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Okay kids if you're going to make personal attacks, you gotta sign them. None of this Anonymous crap. And I might delete them anyway, depends on the mood.
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