Oh sure, just assume the black man is a bum!

Please,I prefer the term congoid.

Does that make you a spamoid?

Maybe...

How do you know?

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Ermm... Let

And what is her problem?

 

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I think she was the one that suggested they "take a lovely walk through the park on the way to the wedding."

I also find it interesting the kids notice but the adults do not.

 

One thing that is perhaps less obvious given the sepia tone is that the man on the ground appears to be black.  Could that be why the adults don't notice him?

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I don't think it's odd that the adults are trying to ignore the drunk guy on the lawn, beside the main path, through the public park, to the church. The children are probably wondering why he wasn't asked to dress up for the occassion.

 

I don't think the man is of African descent, either. I think more Asian (he does not have curly hair, as someone aserted earlier), as in subcontinent (India / Pakistan / Bangladesh / possibly Eastern Soviet Urals).

I don't think the man is of African descent, either. I think more Asian (he does not have curly hair, as someone aserted earlier), as in subcontinent (India / Pakistan / Bangladesh / possibly Eastern Soviet Urals).

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It looks curly on my screen.

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I wonder how long that marriage will last?

 

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It's a shotgun wedding, where

she is holding the double-brrelled gun, and those are all their kids. ("Enough is enough, you two are getting married!")

Talking about pre-marital sex... :D

I don't think the man is of African descent, either. I think more Asian (he does not have curly hair, as someone aserted earlier), as in subcontinent (India / Pakistan / Bangladesh / possibly Eastern Soviet Urals).

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It looks curly on my screen.

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The hair is coming down in strands. If you blow up the image you can see it better.

 

 

But what exactly is in the "groom"s hand? It looks like a big champaign bottle.

Maybe it's a new Object d'Armore ?

Oh sure, just assume the black man is a bum!

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Or dead!

Craziest thing I ever saw in Russia - that I didn't have to pay for - involved an obviously homeless gent either dead or drunk on a sidewalk - a busy sidewalk, mind you, in the middle of the day - with one of the numerous wild dogs that are in St. Petersburg seemingly chewing on a portion of his midsection.

 

Nobody stopped the dog. Nobody called the minties. Nothing.

 

The second craziest thing I didn't have to pay to witness was a bear cub being brought onto the public bus I happened to be on. But he was muzzled, so that makes it okay, according to the wife.

Craziest thing I ever saw in Russia - that I didn't have to pay for - involved an obviously homeless gent either dead or drunk on a sidewalk - a busy sidewalk, mind you, in the middle of the day - with one of the numerous wild dogs that are in St. Petersburg seemingly chewing on a portion of his midsection.

 

Nobody stopped the dog.  Nobody called the minties.  Nothing.

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Did you you get a photo?

Craziest thing I ever saw in Russia - that I didn't have to pay for - involved an obviously homeless gent either dead or drunk on a sidewalk - a busy sidewalk, mind you, in the middle of the day - with one of the numerous wild dogs that are in St. Petersburg seemingly chewing on a portion of his midsection.

 

Nobody stopped the dog.  Nobody called the minties.  Nothing.

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Did you you get a photo?

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Nope. Didn't have my camera with me. I also didn't stop the dog or call the cops, myself. I'm a firm believer in letting the locals settle their own hash in that neck of the woods.

You were on Communist Candid Camera ...

You were on Communist Candid Camera ...

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Nah. Communist Candid Camera involves four year-olds reading Playboy on public park benches.

 

This was all run-of-the-mill "I'm in Eastern Europe!" stuff.

You were still on camera ... (just not for the public)

I would have stopped the dog.

Seinfeld and his friends all went to prison for not helping the mugging victim.

 

Which just goes to show what sort of demented people we find funny.

Nah.  Communist Candid Camera involves four year-olds reading Playboy on public park benches.

 

This was all run-of-the-mill "I'm in Eastern Europe!" stuff.

Indeed. But worry not, because they now are a part of the European Union, and this implies that their quality of life will begin skyrocketing any day now, while the rest of the European Union benefits from the undeniable advantages they pose as members.

 

The ecstasy that these thoughts cause in me is only disturbed when I think of those poor dogs. What will they eat when the bums of today are all driving Rolls Royces tomorrow?

They will evolve the use of opposing digits, and steal car keys to eat bums in RRs.

I would have stopped the dog.

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It was a big dog.

I was attacked by three wild dogs at four a.m. in Bangkok. Luckily I carried bricks in my holdall for just such an eventuality. An Englishman abroad is always prepared. Nevertheless I agree it would have been dangerous to attempt to stop any animal that is chewing a person.

 

On the subject of people being abandoned in the street I have seen this in the US and UK, so don't get sniffy about the Russkies.

 

The guy in the photo is dead. He was shot by the hawk-eyed yakuza bridesmaids.