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If you can't give him spare change, at least give him a break

adamg — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 10:13:48 -0500

Whalehead King ponders Spare Change Guy:

He's an ugly guy with an ugly face. We don't follow him everywhere he goes but we suspect he brings up the rear in the human race. Despite that, he is a man and he seems to be an honorable one, even if he is often misunderstood. ...

Making room for the Woot Woot Guy

rsiasoco — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:43:35 -0400

How do you know you’re truly a Bostonian? The ability to relate the story of the Curse of the Bambino (and the way it was reversed two years ago) is one way. Navigating illogical, one-way streets or citing the best restaurants and bars in Dorchester or Jamaica Plain are also tell-tale signs of Bostonhood.

But the true mark of a Bostonian? You know (and appreciate!) the Woot Woot Guy.

Spaare weeeed?

adamg — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:05:04 -0400

The Mick is walking across the Common wearing a t-shirt with a large "P" on it, when Spare Change Guy approaches her, asks if she goes to Princeton and smokes weed.

Boston's own Scooterdude to appear on Tokyo news show

adamg — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 12:54:34 -0400

Scooterdude, that guy you see sailing around Copley Square on a scooter and a sail made out of a plastic bag, reports a Tokyo news crew spent some time videoing him recently:

... Perfect weather, gusty winds, to catch the scooter-sailing on video and carry the images off to Japan. ...

Where'd Angry Running Guy go?

adamg — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:23:37 -0400

Callum Hanlon wonders what happened to the "angry gladiator-looking man" who would curse out anybody who dared look at him as he lumbered down Comm. Ave. by BU:

... I miss the way that you scream "Get the **** away from me," whenever I try to address you in any way, shape or form. I miss the way you wear those weights--especially that bullet-proof jacket looking thing--all over your extremely fit body ...

Morons can't leave poor Scooter Dude alone

adamg — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:40:28 -0400

He's the guy you see sailing around Copley Square on a skateboard with a plastic sail. He reports on his excursion late Saturday night:

I found it strange that there were more than the usual number of detractors and disbelievers, the ones who only have comments like, "Try getting a better sail! Ha!" or, "As if that's going to work, you idiot! You suck!"

I have a hard time understanding people who can so freely and readily speak out of ignorance. Why can't these few insecure and fear-driven people even consider that, after all these years I've been succeeding in this and found it a perfect delight and joy, that any objection or problem they may suggest I've already dealt with and moved on? ...

His puppet show is the dope

adamg — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:20:55 -0400

Gautham Narayan photographs and describes the Harvard Square guy with the pro-marijuana puppet show.

When Scooterdude gets bored of scooting

adamg — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 22:06:57 -0500

He dances with his scooter, sometimes with it on his head.

The anti-racism scammers

adamg — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 19:42:06 -0500

Yelling "racist!" or "Nazi!" at anybody who doesn't give them money.

He wields the Plunger of God!

adamg — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 12:41:00 -0500

Mike the Mad Biologist discovers a plunger comes in extremely handy when confronted with a crazy man on Newbury Street who won't stop yelling at you that you're a servant of the devil (don't worry: No violence was involved).