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actual conversation overheard on the bus yesterday between a chinese guy and a lady with an autistic boy:

Chinese Guy: *staring at the kid* what wrong wif him?

Lady: He has autism.

Chinese Guy: He is sick?

Lady: It's autism, it's a mental disability.

Chinese Guy: How come he have but parent not have?

*other passangers on bus: staring at chinese guy like wtf buddy???*

chinese Guy: it DNA wrong? his DNA is sick?

Lady: No, it's not like that, he's a good boy.

Chinese guy: You make him exercise? he exercise he get better.

Lady: No, it's not a physical disability.

Chinese Guy: You go to Value Village, yu get exercise bike, he feel better. I go to Value Village i get this *points at 40year old television set* i get for ten dowllah

Lady: No it's not physical, it's mental, but he likes to go for walks so he does exercise.

Chinese Guy: yes, that make him better.

Lady: this is our stop.

what could possibly beat this for oddities in the realm of all things odd? well i'll tell ya.

on friday on my way over to watch tv with Frank and Fritzy i get to Renfrew Skytrain and without a word of a lie i see two blind people with their sticks holding a map of vancouver out to a random guy asking them to show them if they're going in the right direction. i could not make that up. well, maybe i could, but really, seeing it first hand is way better.

curly fries and badgers