Comments on: Betty Boop Day?

By: Clifford

Clifford — Sun, 19 Feb 2006 17:21:06 +0000

Hey, I saw her again last week, except that she was in normal clothes. She got off at the same bus stop. Maybe if I see her again and get the chance I’ll ask about the Betty Boop costume.

-cvj

By: Joe

Joe — Sun, 19 Feb 2006 15:42:16 +0000

There is a lady in New Mexico that lives the 50’s. Betty Boop to the max. Her name is Lucy and she is fantastic. More Betty Boop for me!

By: Clifford

Clifford — Sun, 29 Jan 2006 15:10:40 +0000

erc: - Thanks, but things moved too fast to do that really…. If she’d sat next to me, maybe, but I was not really near enough to her for long enough to strike up a conversation…. and I certainly did not want to appear to be attempting to talk to her in a very pointed way…. bad idea since people think you’re trying to “chat them up”, and I certainly did not want that, expecially given her attire!

Cheers,

-cvj

By: erc

erc — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 14:56:27 +0000

How about “Excuse me, but are you Betty Boop?” ?

Or if you wanted to be a little more subtle “Is this the stop for….?”

By: Clifford

Clifford — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 09:06:49 +0000

Sure, but what on earth would I have asked?!

-cvj

By: spyder

spyder — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 23:11:15 +0000

You could have asked her a question just to see if she would affect the voice. Oh that “Boop Boop a Doop” is just a classic indeed. Channelling a cartoon character seems a bit of a stretch though???

By: Clifford

Clifford — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 15:31:41 +0000

Yes, you are certainly correct about that.

-cvj

By: citrine

citrine — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 15:07:21 +0000

Cute story, Clifford!

On a more sober note, when I see “characters” like this, I’m reminded of how much more freedom people in this country have for self-expression (however strange or frivolous it seems to the rest of us). The woman couldn’t have carried out her BB act sans severe repurcussions in Afganistan (or pretty much anywhere in that part of the world), right?

By: Clifford

Clifford — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 06:57:48 +0000

Yes… but usually the regular weird people are not around that early in the morning. This was weird even for the weird stuff. My new conjecture: And audition or shoot of some sort…… (but clearly the wrong part of town…..hmmmm).

Thanks!

-cvj

By: Kristin

Kristin — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 06:44:04 +0000

We get colorful sorts on the Muni system here in San Francisco, too. Glamorous drag queens are not uncommon around the Castro.

But your experience reminds me of a guy wearing a Superman shirt and cape we saw on the bus on the way back home from a movie. A waggish fellow rider asked, “Why don’t you just fly home?”

The reply: “I thought about it, but then I remembered it was my day off.”

Never any such colorful characters on CTA in Chicago, with the possible exception of the Love Bus edition of the Jeffery Express.