...in the Possibly Irish Danny puzzle! Another week, another sighting, and a very interesting piece of information. I had assumed (and as Felix Unger told us, when you assume, you make an ass out of u and me) that P.I. Danny lived near me and took the prison bus to near where I work for court or probation appearances as so many, many riders of the midday prison bus do. However, it turns out the P.I. Danny lives near where I work and is in fact heading home when I see him. So! Where is it that he is returning from on the prison bus?
He's a mystery and an enigma, our boy is.
xoxo
6 comments:
Hmmm!
Is he already on the bus when you board? Where does the line originate and what streets does it take? Between Google Maps and Google Earth I think we're going to have some serious fun hypothesizing the possibilities. When are you usually riding when you see him? 10am? Noon? 2pm? 4pm?
Inquiring minds want to know!!!
I think he comes from another universe and just materialises on the bus often enough to drive us all nuts.
I believe from the original conversation that brought him to all our attention wherein he was waiting for the bus in *Central Square* with Spanish Danny, that that is in fact where he usually/always gets on. (I am reluctant however to post the actual route # of the prison bus, since I need to foil any stalkers that might be lurking ;-))
The latest sighting has been just past noon, the earliest 9:30-ish. Mid-to-late morning is the usual. This makes me think our boy is not coming from work, since if he worked nights, he'd be done before that. And he isn't working a fast food morning shift, since no uniform. If I were feeling especially charitable, I might guess he's coming from the community college, but alas, never has Possibly Irish Danny been seen carrying anything remotely resembling a book.
So I'm thinking, in spite of our guessing "paternity test" for the swabbing, that perhaps all this mid-morning returning-to-home signifies staying over at the booty call's house. And since the sightings are getting closer together, perhaps things are getting, y'know, hot and heavy. If so, yay, P.I. Danny, yay!
Oh, and I have to tell you all, there was, on today's ride with me and our boy, another potentially interesting character whom I shall call Twitchy.
I am undecided whether Twitchy is in fact in the midst of a manic episode or whether he was whacked on meth, because despite my many years of watching Cops on TV, I'm not sure I can recognize meth intoxication. He said hi to me as I boarded and I must have looked at him with a startled or quizzical expression, because he then said "don't mind me, I say hi to everyone." I assured him it was no problem, that I just was looking at him to see if we knew each other.
Soon after, he got up and started pacing the aisle of the not-crowded but not-empty bus, did some stretches and a few pull-ups on the hold-on-to bars, and finally divested himself of his shirt. Luckily it was then time for me to get off, so if any more stripping took place, I was not there to witness it.
Twitchy's gonna need his own thread, cuz I can't keep thoughts of anything in my head while I'm noodling on Danny Boy...
How big/tough/presentable is our boy? I'm figuring a guy's gotta make a living somehow, and his hours would give him opportunity to be a bouncer somewhere. Which would also, coincidentally, give him opportunity to get busy with one of the other employees... I was tempted to wonder waitress/bartender, but my idealized version of Danny would go for the stripper, naturally.
While our boy is on the husky/burly side, I don't think he is particularly tall (keeping in mind he's generally sitting down when I see him.) The greater obstacle to his career success as a bouncer though, in my opinion, is that he has one of those sweet and rosy-cheeked (possibly) Irish faces which, despite the putatively bad-ass neck tattoos, would make me skeptical if he were threatening to kick my ass.
Unless of course he were drunk, 'cause we all know how those Irish boys are when they're drunk. (Oy, the ethnic stereotyping. The hate mail should be rolling in any minute now. :-))
I'm also skeptical that Twitchy is going to become a continuing character, alas, because that boy is a short step away from a long stint in a locked ward, rehab, or prison. Even by prison bus standards, he was Not Right.
Post a Comment