Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Day CCLXXXI

World Cup Champs

     We decided to get a slice of pizza, and started walking south on Steinway. As George spied a pizza shop, I saw a brand new white station wagon, decorated with blue, and white ribbons, and flying a humongous Argentine flag on a short pole from the back. It also had a bunch of smaller flags flying from the sides, and the hood. There must have been ten guys in that wagon, all shaking their fist, screaming, and yelling.

     “Go Argentina go!”

     “Argentina si!”

     “Yo Geoige, check em out, man!”

     “Wada hail is det sheet, man?’’

     “Must be coming fom they parade, man.”

     It was a mini spectacle, and I thought perhaps they were coming from their parade. I didn’t have any idea when that was, but I assumed it was. We have parades here all the damned time; there’s always a parade in the city; we have a freaking parade here for everybody, almost once a week somewhere during the summer.

     As we reached the door of the pizza shop, somebody screamed,

     “Yo Ant, looka deeze mooks out hea, man!”

     “Waaa at?” Came the response from the back.

      “Cah fulladem, screaming Ahgentina Woild cup champs!”

     Traffic was at a stand still, it was moving like a crowed parking lot, and woe unto to the Argentines. Their car happened to stop right in front of the pizza shop. All of a sudden about twenty or more paisans ran out of the pizza shop; they were all big dudes, some big chubby fat, and others looked like gym rats, all looking like some Soprano character. Those mothers looked mean, and they were yelling, and screaming.

       “Italia go ItaliiiieeeE!”

       “Italia baaaybeeee!”

       “Italy World Champs!”

       “Get them faking mooks!”

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