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10.4.2kXI

I was walking through a parking lot the other day and a fellow standing among the parked cars tried to get my attention.  "Sir?  Sir?"  I didn't look back:  I've lived in cities long enough to know that he could be trying to show me his dong.
"Sir? Sir?  Can I ask you a question?"  He said as he pursued me (and I was walking briskly).
I looked over my shoulder, "Yo."
"Hey, man," he said, "Look."  I slowed and stopped.  Mostly because I had a feeling about what was going to happen and I wanted to know the "fine points."
"Look," he said, as he caught up to me, "My name is James Evans.  I live at bla bla bla (he had taken out his wallet and was showing me his ID).
"Yes?" I said.
"Look, man.  This is who I am and this is where I live."
"Yes?"
"I got a wife and two kids and my car won't start.  I gotta get home.  I need $13.50 for the cab and I got six bucks.  Can you help me out?"
I said the truth:  "I have no cash for you."
He said, 'Okay.  God bless you."

I wanted to know what I called the "fine points" of his pitch because I've heard many of them before, I wanted to know if it was something new.  It wasn't.  I've heard "I'm THIS short of a train ticket to wherever," "My car won't start/I'm locked out/I'm out of gas and I need a cab," "My wife needs toothpaste and I'm 75¢ short ... "


Is there anyone out there who hasn't heard these pitches before?  Are there enough people who keep falling for them?  There must be if there are still people trying them.


Tonight - Homestead.


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