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Summer '08 No Comments
This past weekend found the Explorer’s Club (me, Paul, Violet, Tom, Jancee, Edward and Heather not to be confused with The Adventure Club which is me, Paul, Violet and my Aunt Mattie and Uncle Dave) at The Mermaid Parade in Coney Island. All was well, Violet wore a cute costume and was adored by many– the line for Nathan’s (kind of disgusting) hot dogs was miles long, but parade=good. So after we were done seeing too many pairs of nude boobs we went to a little patch of grass to relax when I see this dude walking toward the boardwalk with a 60 ft. Boa Constrictor around his neck. I have a pretty significant phobia and so I just turned away. I said quietly to Paul, “Is he gone?”
“No,” Paul said, “He’s coming this way.”
I grabbed Violet’s hand and HIGH TAILED it out of there (Paul said there were hairpins in the air where I had been) and we got the hell away from there while the other club members cooly ambled over and we proceeded to watch the guy (who I might add was 5′1″ if he was an inch) glomming suntan lotion on the Boa. He also had another snake in his purse — a sort of pale yellow monster. Yes, it’s Coney Island, but there’s a place for the side show freaks and it’s not where little gentle children are playing in the grass. Oh yeah, he also had a bucket for donations. I wanted to give him a donation of my foot on the side of his head…except he was surrounded by those giant snakes.