"Look What Bigfoot Did To Me"

After "A Chorus Line" on Sunday evening, Steve, Jan, and myself went to eat at Panda Express on Covell Blvd. in Davis. After eating, I was getting back into my parked car when I noticed two young women, late teens perhaps, sitting on the grass next to the street, and near my car. One held a homemade cardboard sign of the sort vagrants typically carry when begging for change at busy traffic intersections. Something was wrong with her hand. And she feebly called out for change.

I asked, "What does your sign say?" She showed me: "Look What Bigfoot Did To Me." She displayed her hand, locked tight in a cast, with the middle finger plastered into a semi-permanent flipping-the-bird gesture. I said, "Bigfoot did that to you?" She nodded and said, "Either that, or a skateboarding injury. Take your pick." I thought this was clever, and started reaching for the change bucket on my car's console, when she said, "Want to see the other sign of the sign?" I nodded, and she showed it. It said something like "I Have No Pants," or "I Need Pants." I looked askance at it, and she lamely explained that she uses it when she's wearing shorts. The slogan made no sense to me. It made my head hurt. I got the impression these girls weren't really pros at this whole begging for money at busy traffic intersections thing. Still, the Bigfoot slogan was clever, so I readily handed over change to these vagrant wannabes.