Carter (ex_ridethebu869) wrote in midway_ic, @ 2012-06-05 20:20:00 |
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Entry tags: | carter mulvaney, marjan czerwinski, week three |
{ w h o } Marjan and Carter
{ w h a t } heckling, for starters
{ w h e n } Wednesday evening
{ w h e r e } Albany, NY
{ r a t i n g } TBD
Carter didn't usually mind being part of the sideshow. His 'act' was easy enough. Usually he just stood on a table (the better to be seen by those in the back, when the carnival was doing well and there was a crowd) and chatted up those who came to gawk. Sometimes, to spice things up a bit, he sat in a child-sized chair. Carter being Carter, there was always a certain level of sarcasm in his banter, but all bets were off whenever the subject of sin came up.
And his disciples asked him, saying, Teacher, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?
Carter had been raised by nuns; he was familiar with both the verse and its application to a man born, not blind, but dwarfed and disfigured. And he hated it with a passion. And so, when he overheard a patron whisper it to her companion, his response was enough to blister their ears.
Later, after he'd changed out of his stage clothes and was stumping down the midway, cane swinging jauntily in one hand, he'd spied that same pious pair. Carter couldn't help himself. He suggested the scripture-quoting patron perform a sexual act that was not only immoral, but illegal in most states south of the Mason-Dixon line.
"Well, I never!" she huffed, scandalized.
"Well maybe you should, sweetheart! You might like it, " Carter catcalled. The affronted patrons headed for the exit. Carter picked up his pace, actually making use of his cane in an effort to keep up with them and continue his heckling.
"What? Leaving so soon? Was it something I said?"