Friday, November 17, 2000
\nA rat humped my heel today.<\/b><\/p>\n
My coworker, her eldest daughter and I were walking to the train station after work when I heard screams that shot straight into my eardrum. The two scampered back a few feet and continue to holler. I looked to my left and saw the cause of the commotion.<\/p>\n
A big assed well-fed rat.<\/p>\n
It turned its head and glared directly at the two crazy women screaming to high heaven. I doubled over in hysterics. Then I felt something hit my right heel.<\/p>\n
Bump. Bump. Bump.<\/p>\n
I turned around and saw another rat trying to join the first rat at the back of some restaurant. Second rat wasn’t succeeding because it kept running into my boot like a dense cartoon character running into a wall repeatedly trying to get to the other side.<\/p>\n
The second one was just as big, bad and ugly as its friend. The daughter claimed she saw a third one. They hollered some more. Their hollering got me jumping too. I couldn’t tell if they were screaming at the rat staring at them or the one by my foot.<\/p>\n
This is why one should not wear sandals or open-toed shoes in NYC. You may never know what might be snapping at your toes.\u00a0 >.<<\/p>\n
I told Evil Emperor Dude later about the rats. He asked me if I tried to stomp on one just like I did to the mouse in my office last summer.<\/p>\n
D00d, I wouldn’t attempt to stomp on something that is bigger than my foot.<\/p>\n
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