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[Ranger D]

I tried explaining this to my mom and dad. My mom didn't understand it, but was like, "If you're having fun and enjoying it, that's all that matters." I got a completely different response from my dad. He told me not to get arrested for suspected drug smugling and to "be careful on the internet". Are you effing kiding me?!? I am a freaking Network Admin! I should be giving him that lecture.

[darkmoonz]

i grabbed a friend to go to an axon with me during the hurricanes (i live in orlando, FL), but at his house his mom stopped us and asked us what we were doing... my friend tried to say something to the extent of "we're going to answer a payphone" and then told his mom that it was my fault we were leaving in the middle of a hurricane... she asked me to explain and i say something along the lines of "we're going to answer a phone being called by an AI who crash-landed in our time and is trying to find the rest of her crew." she gave me a weird look and then said "Keith, if you devoted as much time in other things as you did in these kind of things, the world would be a better place."

i responded with "if i put my mind to something, the world would probably have already been taken over by myself and your son," laughed manically, and then left...

[Mithryl]

During this picture, if it was turned to the right a bit you would see a scary mexican hobo watching me.

You have any idea how creepy it is to find a small mexican man hiding in a corner just staring at you while you salute next to a payphone >_<?[/img]

[Ranger D]

[Dragonrider]

[Nameless Pete]

[Dragonrider]

[krystyn]

Now if we could only get your mom to wear combat boots ...


C'mon, it would be for Melissa!

[hmrpita]

A few of these posts made me laugh out loud.

Living in San Francisco means that in the "you're weird contest," there is fierce competition. There are enough unusual occurrences and unusual people that even the tourists will, when asked nicely, salute for you while you take a picture of them near a payphone.

My boyfriend actually sent a link of ilovebees to me after I had already been aware of it for about a month, thinking I would be interested. He is not into it, but tolerates my interest just fine. If I go on about some aspect of it for too long, his eyes glaze over, so I try to keep the babbling to a minimum.

[weephun]

[vortech]

I learned a lesson long ago: If you have a metal box clipboard people will immediately recognize you as a source of authority on electronic things. I have my clip board. I say "we are testing these lines, the pay-phone over there is available for you" and they leave. Not exactly the best way to recruit, but I haven't had to do it since recruiting began in earnest.

(along the same lines anyone with a nice Nikon is assumed to be Press.)

The real trouble came when I was stopping at every place with a uniformed person last week, handing them my cell phone and asking to take their picture. Lots and lots of single shots of people in the service industry were not apparently what Mel had in mind.

I included the Blockbuster one because I had to work so hard to get it.
One of the counter jockeys was willing to play along with my "scavenger hunt" but his co-worker started asking if this was against company rules, etc. By the time I had her convinced some "helpful" customer started volunteering information about the problem of identity theft today.

Finally, I just used some girl I knew in the store to tell him how cute he would look in the picture.

Basically, Phaedra's lesson.

[konamouse]

[Chrono2x]

On a whim i started checking out ilovebees today after work (had checked it out way long time ago and couldnt figure it out) but i was hooked right away.

Well while i was looking around on the site my friend (who just so happens to be a paranoid schitzophrenic) had me explain what i was doing, and I of course said that i was attempting to figure out what an AI from the future wanted. here is what he said.

"Dude, I'm crazy but I think you are now more insane than I am."

At which point he gave me the number to his doctor and told me to give him a call....


heh, it isnt everyday a crazy person can say that you are crazier then they are.

[aliendial]

After the DC Axon HUnter Signal Corps foolishly made up a loud cheer for Melissa last week -- Signal! Corps! Signal! Corps! -- and got us many odd looks in Union Station...

We had to to do again for Melissa tonight in the lobby of the movie theater. Bad enough. Then the SP called. And asked us for a different cheer -- Princess! Ice cream! Princess ! Ice cream! That got us a talking to from the Manager. Yikes.

[C_Brennan]

I got 2 moments:

1. Thunderclap and I taking our crew picture. Go back into the archives and look at it, it's on page 2.

Now, this is what you add to it. Right in front of us, 3 newspaper holders where the camera is sitting. Behind that, a VERY BUSY Avenue where many commuters pass, all looking at us with really odd expressions. To our left, (your right) is a busy Post Office where people are walking in and out, staring oddly at us. To our right, (your left) is a Goodwill store, with many more walking out of it giving us odder stares.

Yep, all in a day's work.

2. This morning, at my favorite axon I get there and sit down and man my station, my couch by the payphone. Well, there's this guy who walks in, and I really don't notice it much at first. He's old, I don't care. He wouldn't infringe on my axon.

Or would he...

I hear the reciever being picked up 16 minutes before my call. I hear coins being inserted. NOOOOOOO!!! Old man on phone! ON AXON PHONE!!! THERE'S 2 PHONES, HE PICKS THE AXON!!!!

Then I calmly proceeded to worry my arse off and pace about the lobby.

He was on that phone for 13 minutes. So, I did what any good axon hunter would do. Barge in and demand the phone.

"Excuse me, sir? I need this phone, I'm sorry for interrupting, but I'm going to recieve a call on this phone."

"You sure it's this phone, son?"

"Yes sir. I can give you a dollar to pay back for the call if you wish me to."

"No, no, I understand. Here you go. Honey, I'll call you back."

And he hangs up, and the phone rings the second he hangs it up. Amazing.

And so that's the story of me attempting to bribe an old man for a phone. Del's done with the stories.