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True.

Kevin on "Half-RANT/Half-APOLOGY - to the folks blocking the alley" http://westseattleblog.com/forum/topic/half-ranthalf-apology-to-the-folks-blocking-the-alley#post-76451 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:20:02 +0000 Kevin 76451@http://westseattleblog.com/forum/

Christopher,

Great story! Just goes to show what a great story teller you are - with or without your camera!

dhg on "Half-RANT/Half-APOLOGY - to the folks blocking the alley" http://westseattleblog.com/forum/topic/half-ranthalf-apology-to-the-folks-blocking-the-alley#post-76428 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:02:05 +0000 dhg 76428@http://westseattleblog.com/forum/

Just as well there is no photo. Saves us the posting of "Awww, he said he working late.."

EmmyJane on "Half-RANT/Half-APOLOGY - to the folks blocking the alley" http://westseattleblog.com/forum/topic/half-ranthalf-apology-to-the-folks-blocking-the-alley#post-76427 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 08:57:58 +0000 EmmyJane 76427@http://westseattleblog.com/forum/

Hiiiilarious! This is my block and I'm just sorry I too didn't witness the shoe tying event.

cclarue on "Half-RANT/Half-APOLOGY - to the folks blocking the alley" http://westseattleblog.com/forum/topic/half-ranthalf-apology-to-the-folks-blocking-the-alley#post-76420 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:30:15 +0000 cclarue 76420@http://westseattleblog.com/forum/

christopher one word....comedy!!!! JenV that too was comedy. Maybe with a shoetying session or two his posts would get a bit more upbeat!!

Cait on "Half-RANT/Half-APOLOGY - to the folks blocking the alley" http://westseattleblog.com/forum/topic/half-ranthalf-apology-to-the-folks-blocking-the-alley#post-76405 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:41:36 +0000 Cait 76405@http://westseattleblog.com/forum/

Ohhh man... thumbs up, CJ.

cjboffoli on "Half-RANT/Half-APOLOGY - to the folks blocking the alley" http://westseattleblog.com/forum/topic/half-ranthalf-apology-to-the-folks-blocking-the-alley#post-76396 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:16:57 +0000 cjboffoli 76396@http://westseattleblog.com/forum/

cathyw: I guess you just never know what you're going to stumble upon in the WSB Forums. Or in the alleys of West Seattle, for that matter.

GenHillOne: I know, right? As it is I practically have a camera in my hands every minute of the day. But the one time a camera would have been handy... Then again, sometimes an image pales in comparison to a cheeky euphemism. :-)

miws on "Half-RANT/Half-APOLOGY - to the folks blocking the alley" http://westseattleblog.com/forum/topic/half-ranthalf-apology-to-the-folks-blocking-the-alley#post-76394 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:07:18 +0000 miws 76394@http://westseattleblog.com/forum/

Oh gawd, Jen!

Glad I wasn't eating or drinking anything!

Mike

Aim on "Half-RANT/Half-APOLOGY - to the folks blocking the alley" http://westseattleblog.com/forum/topic/half-ranthalf-apology-to-the-folks-blocking-the-alley#post-76393 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:02:06 +0000 Aim 76393@http://westseattleblog.com/forum/

Touche, Jen. Touche.

JenV on "Half-RANT/Half-APOLOGY - to the folks blocking the alley" http://westseattleblog.com/forum/topic/half-ranthalf-apology-to-the-folks-blocking-the-alley#post-76392 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:58:14 +0000 JenV 76392@http://westseattleblog.com/forum/

hopefully getting his shoes tied!

MrJT on "Half-RANT/Half-APOLOGY - to the folks blocking the alley" http://westseattleblog.com/forum/topic/half-ranthalf-apology-to-the-folks-blocking-the-alley#post-76383 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:19:23 +0000 MrJT 76383@http://westseattleblog.com/forum/

Where is Jiggers ?

Aim on "Half-RANT/Half-APOLOGY - to the folks blocking the alley" http://westseattleblog.com/forum/topic/half-ranthalf-apology-to-the-folks-blocking-the-alley#post-76381 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:16:46 +0000 Aim 76381@http://westseattleblog.com/forum/

Hey Lowmanbeach! Can we have a "best of WSB Forums" category that we can vote this post into?

GenHillOne on "Half-RANT/Half-APOLOGY - to the folks blocking the alley" http://westseattleblog.com/forum/topic/half-ranthalf-apology-to-the-folks-blocking-the-alley#post-76380 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:15:20 +0000 GenHillOne 76380@http://westseattleblog.com/forum/

and yet, no photos?! Perfectly awesome.

Diane on "Half-RANT/Half-APOLOGY - to the folks blocking the alley" http://westseattleblog.com/forum/topic/half-ranthalf-apology-to-the-folks-blocking-the-alley#post-76378 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:12:14 +0000 Diane 76378@http://westseattleblog.com/forum/

Wow; sooooo Hilarious!!! Tears running down my face funny, funny, funny; this may be the best thread ever on wsblog forum; and yeh, love that there’s no hint of the hilarity before clicking on title; thanks so much for the laughter; not only are you an incredible photographer, also quite the humorist; totally made my day!!!

Aim on "Half-RANT/Half-APOLOGY - to the folks blocking the alley" http://westseattleblog.com/forum/topic/half-ranthalf-apology-to-the-folks-blocking-the-alley#post-76375 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:49:49 +0000 Aim 76375@http://westseattleblog.com/forum/

HAHA Carrieann I did the same thing. Doh.

Irukandji, there's always next year!

Irukandji on "Half-RANT/Half-APOLOGY - to the folks blocking the alley" http://westseattleblog.com/forum/topic/half-ranthalf-apology-to-the-folks-blocking-the-alley#post-76370 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:39:20 +0000 Irukandji 76370@http://westseattleblog.com/forum/

If only I had the time before Halloween to construct the front cab of a truck for hubby and I to go to some adult event as the shoe tie-ers.

carrieann on "Half-RANT/Half-APOLOGY - to the folks blocking the alley" http://westseattleblog.com/forum/topic/half-ranthalf-apology-to-the-folks-blocking-the-alley#post-76366 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:57:10 +0000 carrieann 76366@http://westseattleblog.com/forum/

I know I've been spending too much time on Facebook when I go searching for the "like" button. If there were such a thing, this would get a big thumbs up from me. Hilarious. Thanks for sharing your encounter, Christopher.

cathyw on "Half-RANT/Half-APOLOGY - to the folks blocking the alley" http://westseattleblog.com/forum/topic/half-ranthalf-apology-to-the-folks-blocking-the-alley#post-76354 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:21:31 +0000 cathyw 76354@http://westseattleblog.com/forum/

The title of this post didn't at all prepare me for the hilariousness of its contents!

sam-c on "Half-RANT/Half-APOLOGY - to the folks blocking the alley" http://westseattleblog.com/forum/topic/half-ranthalf-apology-to-the-folks-blocking-the-alley#post-76353 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:51:17 +0000 sam-c 76353@http://westseattleblog.com/forum/

lol Mike

miws on "Half-RANT/Half-APOLOGY - to the folks blocking the alley" http://westseattleblog.com/forum/topic/half-ranthalf-apology-to-the-folks-blocking-the-alley#post-76351 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:27:58 +0000 miws 76351@http://westseattleblog.com/forum/

Gotta love them knotty girls!

Mike

cjboffoli on "Half-RANT/Half-APOLOGY - to the folks blocking the alley" http://westseattleblog.com/forum/topic/half-ranthalf-apology-to-the-folks-blocking-the-alley#post-76349 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:35:47 +0000 cjboffoli 76349@http://westseattleblog.com/forum/

Ha-ha-ha.

bluebird: Nicely done. :-)

Actually, it was pretty entertaining at the time. I had gone out to pick up a drunk friend from the Showbox SoDo and give her a ride back home. I usually use that alley to get to her place so I was surprised, at 12:30am, to find a pickup truck parked and blocking the alley.

As I got within a few car lengths, nose to nose with the truck, I saw that someone was sitting in the driver's seat but the windows were almost completely fogged. Not wanting to hit the horn at that hour I flashed the high-beams. That's when I realized what was going on. The woman must have been tying some kind of elaborate knot as she popped up momentarily but then went right back to work. But when it was clear that I was waiting the man started the truck and they drove off. I can't say if the shoe tying session was suspended or just went mobile. They certainly didn't demonstrate any sense of urgency in leaving.

Oh and beachdrivegirl, they were not high schoolers. They looked old enough to be beyond the years when it was necessary to do one's shoe tying in the front seat of a truck.

Kimberley on "Half-RANT/Half-APOLOGY - to the folks blocking the alley" http://westseattleblog.com/forum/topic/half-ranthalf-apology-to-the-folks-blocking-the-alley#post-76348 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:31:45 +0000 Kimberley 76348@http://westseattleblog.com/forum/

Wow. Sorry for the inconveniencing, but thanks for sharing! Hilarious bluebird, hilarious!

Lindsey on "Half-RANT/Half-APOLOGY - to the folks blocking the alley" http://westseattleblog.com/forum/topic/half-ranthalf-apology-to-the-folks-blocking-the-alley#post-76346 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:16:14 +0000 Lindsey 76346@http://westseattleblog.com/forum/

HAHA!

bluebird on "Half-RANT/Half-APOLOGY - to the folks blocking the alley" http://westseattleblog.com/forum/topic/half-ranthalf-apology-to-the-folks-blocking-the-alley#post-76344 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:50:11 +0000 bluebird 76344@http://westseattleblog.com/forum/

As per WSB rant rules, what happened when you spoke to the "manager" of this service provider?

JenV on "Half-RANT/Half-APOLOGY - to the folks blocking the alley" http://westseattleblog.com/forum/topic/half-ranthalf-apology-to-the-folks-blocking-the-alley#post-76340 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:32:30 +0000 JenV 76340@http://westseattleblog.com/forum/

this totally made my morning.

hopey on "Half-RANT/Half-APOLOGY - to the folks blocking the alley" http://westseattleblog.com/forum/topic/half-ranthalf-apology-to-the-folks-blocking-the-alley#post-76339 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:52:45 +0000 hopey 76339@http://westseattleblog.com/forum/

LOVE the euphemism. Thanks for the laugh!

beachdrivegirl on "Half-RANT/Half-APOLOGY - to the folks blocking the alley" http://westseattleblog.com/forum/topic/half-ranthalf-apology-to-the-folks-blocking-the-alley#post-76337 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:42:52 +0000 beachdrivegirl 76337@http://westseattleblog.com/forum/

FYI- I dont think i will ever not smile when I hear someone mention shoe tieing....

Aim on "Half-RANT/Half-APOLOGY - to the folks blocking the alley" http://westseattleblog.com/forum/topic/half-ranthalf-apology-to-the-folks-blocking-the-alley#post-76336 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:35:44 +0000 Aim 76336@http://westseattleblog.com/forum/

CJB: HILARIOUS.
I know it wasn't hilarious at the time, but your writing makes it funny after the fact.

I agree, there are plenty of good, private places for "shoe tying" -- but maybe the publicity of the area was part of the allure...

beachdrivegirl on "Half-RANT/Half-APOLOGY - to the folks blocking the alley" http://westseattleblog.com/forum/topic/half-ranthalf-apology-to-the-folks-blocking-the-alley#post-76335 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:34:54 +0000 beachdrivegirl 76335@http://westseattleblog.com/forum/

That just makes me laugh- which I needed this morning. Sorry for the inconvience to you cjboffoli- but thanks for the laugh.

just out of curiousity where they high schoolers?

JanS on "Half-RANT/Half-APOLOGY - to the folks blocking the alley" http://westseattleblog.com/forum/topic/half-ranthalf-apology-to-the-folks-blocking-the-alley#post-76329 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:45:01 +0000 JanS 76329@http://westseattleblog.com/forum/

geez, no kidding. Must have been an emergency - lol...

cjboffoli on "Half-RANT/Half-APOLOGY - to the folks blocking the alley" http://westseattleblog.com/forum/topic/half-ranthalf-apology-to-the-folks-blocking-the-alley#post-76327 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:41:05 +0000 cjboffoli 76327@http://westseattleblog.com/forum/

To the guy who was having his "shoes tied" by the lovely brunette in the black pickup truck in the alley behind 4800 Fauntleroy (at the intersection of Edmunds)...Next time you might want to pick a place that is A. a bit more discrete and B. not a thoroughfare through which traffic must flow. I was terribly sorry to inconvenience you, especially as I suspect the meter was running. But you were blocking the direction in which I was driving. I recognize that West Seattle is devoid of seedy motels. But still, there must be another place more conducive to, er, shoe tying.