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I'm From the Village!

- JJ - Monday, November 14th, 2005 : goo

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My Lady and I piled into a car with My Best Good Buddy and his co-worker in D.C. The cabbie seemed very upbeat considering it was 4 in the morning. We started to chit-chat and accidentally opened the floodgates of insane conversation. My BGB asked the guy where he was from. He said “The village,” with a hearty laugh.

His laugh was infectious. We all started giggling a little.

BGB: “The village? Where’s that?”
Cabbie: “The village.. is… the villaaaage!”

We all started laughing.

Me: “What village?”
Cabbie: “The villaaaage!”

We all cheered along, repeating his chant.

All: “The villaaage!”

My Lady: “So are you having fun tonight?”
Cabbie: “Yeah!”
My Lady: “Cool. We’ve been out drinking.”
Cabbie: “Me too. I’m very drunk.”
My Lady: “You’re drunk?!?”
Cabbie: “Yeah! I was drinking in the villaaage!”
All: “The villaaage!”
Cabbie: “The villaaage!”
All: “The villaaage!”

This went on for at least five minutes. I have no idea what the guy was talking about. Maybe he was referring to an actual village where he grew up. Maybe he was from the East Village in Manhattan. Maybe he just really loved the movie, The Village.

Also - I don’t think he was really drunk. I think he was just fucking with us.

-JJ
www.thechurning.com

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Jamie: 14th Nov 2005 - 09:20 GMT

you mean you hope he wasn't drunk. i always enjoy your little stories. especially on monday mornings. cheers ^_^

Peter: 14th Nov 2005 - 15:40 GMT

hehehehe... funny. if he was from the , theres a chance he could actually have been drinking... seems like every block down there has 3 bars on it, lol...

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: 14th Nov 2005 - 15:48 GMT

maybe it was the Village from The Prisoner www.imdb.com/title/tt0061287.

jeeff: 14th Nov 2005 - 16:26 GMT

hey, i was trying to remember the name of that show last week! thanks!

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: 14th Nov 2005 - 16:39 GMT

It's one of my favorite shows. Amongst my prized possessions are six Portmeirion coasters.

elaine: 14th Nov 2005 - 16:58 GMT

there's a simpsons episode based on the prisoner, it was on the other night here - spooky, huh?

Jamie: 14th Nov 2005 - 17:12 GMT

Right i'm off to Portmeirion on a citynoise roadtrip. Elaine, you with me?

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Take pictures!

Jamie: 14th Nov 2005 - 17:33 GMT

thats what i mean by a citynoise roadtrip waxman-lady. watch this space

elaine: 14th Nov 2005 - 17:51 GMT

yeah babe. come and pick me up. but lissen, we got dungeness to do yet, and the martello towers and the sound mirrors.
i have been trying to get jeeff over by promising to take him to different places to eat pies - that would be a real project of a road trip

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