Couldn’t today have been his one day off?
July 10th, 2007
My workerbuddy Samantha “Get Your Harm On” Harmon and I encountered this Statue of Liberty impersonator outside the Paramount builidng at 50th and Broadway. I’m not sure which corporation put him up to this — it had to be something, because why would a human decide on his own to don a rubber suit plus crown in 99-degree heat? It could have been that stupid restaurant behind/under him, Mars 2112, because they’re always up to something idiotic on the sidewalk. Would that mean the Statue of Liberty can now be classified as an alien creature? I say yes.
Anyway, the guy waves to us as we stagger by, hardly able to breathe despite our adorable, barely there summer outfits, and I chirp out a hearty Heidi Klum-esque “HELL-O!” I thought that’d be it. But then, inexplicably, Sam whirls around, post-pass, to make the nonchalant comment, “You must be really hot.” He nods. Awkward silence, and then she whips out: “Sorry!” and keeps walking.
This was one of Sam’s finer moments and the first pictorial evidence of her on DR. It was a big day for both of us.
What? It’s 99 degrees. I can barely bring myself to drag my finger to the “Publish” button.
OHHHHH SNAP I just did.
UPDATE: The longer I stare at that guy the more I think he just does this every day on different corners, because unless that big blue bucket is filled with ice water, it’s his change cup. Look at the size of that thing. How much change does he think he’s gonna get?
July 10th, 2007 at 11:27 pm
Well. At least you got someone impersonating the statue of liberty. Yesterday, at 34th and Broadway, I got someone impersonating a pile of trash. And nearly stepped on him. Then he got up, said something cranky-sounding, and stumbled off.
July 11th, 2007 at 2:50 am
Ha! They would be good business partners.
July 11th, 2007 at 11:37 am
“She’s a stone cold bitch,” replied Baby Pink.
Maybe the rubber-statue man is trying to make all the marshmallow tourists feel sorry for him. Hmm, not a bad idea. Annie you want to rent us an elephant costume and we can stand on his corner and steal all his tips. You can be the trunk and I’ll be the ass…
he, he… snicker, snicker
July 11th, 2007 at 11:50 am
I’ve got a costume like that but it probably will pull in less money for me in Los Angeles.
July 11th, 2007 at 12:23 pm
Sam, “marshmallow tourists” is great — you’re such a WORDSMITH, what are you doing in photo? Yes, that’s a deal, and you are always, naturally, the ass. But would that make me the T part of our T and A? Because that can’t be right.
Will, good call, he/she would most definitely qualify as alien out there.
July 11th, 2007 at 6:15 pm
do you routinely say “snap” out loud when you do things at the office? i hope so.
July 11th, 2007 at 7:56 pm
Sometimes I say snap. Usually I just punctuate things I do at the office with a louder-than-necessary “YEAH!”
That “OHHHH SNAP!” image on the right is actually a screengrab of an iChat between my old roommate and someone else. So it’s kind of plagiarizing. But he did crop it just for me, and I was the one to valiantly place a redonkulous pink-to-puke gradient behind the Chesh. So you could say I’ve MADE it mine.
July 12th, 2007 at 12:31 pm
i’m just an “old roommate” to you? i see how it is.
i think the man in the statue getup is actually making a profound statement, whether he knows it or not. only in america would someone dress up in that suit on the hottest day of the year just to get some coinage. wave that flag!
ps i think the bucket doubles as a stool. lift up that frock and you’ll find another bucket or two.
July 12th, 2007 at 5:06 pm
Sorry! I must have meant my young, yoga-hot, and impossibly clever BFF DJ Chesh! in da hizzouse….