On the train...
Last night my roommate, Steph, and I got on the R Train at Rector street around 12:30 AM and entered a 3 ring circus! Sitting diagonally to us was a man that was accompanied by not one but two giant tropical looking Parrots: One that was mostly red with bright blue, green and yellow on the wings, and one that was mostly blue with multi-colored wings. He had a rolling suitcase with him and one of the birds was perched atop the handle. The other bird was sitting on top of what appeared to be a duffle bag. Well, an ordinary duffle bag, this was not! It soon became apparent that there was a 5 foot snake inside the duffle bag, which was actually one of those bags that is meant be used to carry a small dog or cat- with the ventilated side panels.
The birds were pretty amusing. The guy, who by the way was wearing sunglasses inside the train at night (I shouldn’t make fun, perhaps he suffers from cataracts), fed the birds a few peanuts, which they shelled and, in an appropriately human-like fashion discarded onto the floor of the subway. He even made one of them say “Hello” for a peanut. I smiled and clapped like the village idiot! At one point the red one climbed onto his lap and he began to stroke its back as if it were a cat. The bird, apparently enjoying the gesture, conveniently lifted both its wings so Mr. Cataracts could scratch underneath. Fool and foul appeared to be in beautiful harmony. It also seemed that the red bird had a thing for the snake in the bag, as he kept trying to unzip it and peck inside.
As soon as Steph realized that there was a snake inside the bag, we had a bit of trouble. It seems she has a bit of a snake phobia from childhood and can’t stand to even look at the reptiles! Just as she began to panic a bit, the man next to us on the train must have smelled her fear and devilishly began asking the circus man about the snake, prompting him to remove said snake from the bag in a car full of people! Thankfully, Steph’s hyperventilating was short lived, because the man put his snake away after playing with it for just a few brief seconds (he he, that was supposed to make you think of penis!). After about 10 minutes of this show, we arrived at our stop and departed the train.
Just your average night on the R train I suppose. How was your ride home last night?
The birds were pretty amusing. The guy, who by the way was wearing sunglasses inside the train at night (I shouldn’t make fun, perhaps he suffers from cataracts), fed the birds a few peanuts, which they shelled and, in an appropriately human-like fashion discarded onto the floor of the subway. He even made one of them say “Hello” for a peanut. I smiled and clapped like the village idiot! At one point the red one climbed onto his lap and he began to stroke its back as if it were a cat. The bird, apparently enjoying the gesture, conveniently lifted both its wings so Mr. Cataracts could scratch underneath. Fool and foul appeared to be in beautiful harmony. It also seemed that the red bird had a thing for the snake in the bag, as he kept trying to unzip it and peck inside.
As soon as Steph realized that there was a snake inside the bag, we had a bit of trouble. It seems she has a bit of a snake phobia from childhood and can’t stand to even look at the reptiles! Just as she began to panic a bit, the man next to us on the train must have smelled her fear and devilishly began asking the circus man about the snake, prompting him to remove said snake from the bag in a car full of people! Thankfully, Steph’s hyperventilating was short lived, because the man put his snake away after playing with it for just a few brief seconds (he he, that was supposed to make you think of penis!). After about 10 minutes of this show, we arrived at our stop and departed the train.
Just your average night on the R train I suppose. How was your ride home last night?
posted by Talia
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2:23 PM
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