[15:53] <@Kate> Chicago has the best crazy people.
[15:53] <+Veloxyll> hehe
[15:53] <+Veloxyll> Is there a story behind that? Or just felt like saying it?
[15:53] <@Kate> There was a large man in a white fedora on my train tonight.
[15:53] <@Kate> He was FUCKING FUNNY and very insane.
[15:54] <+Veloxyll> Public transport does that to a man
[15:54] <@Kate> He also referred to himself in the third person as "The Pimp."
[15:54] * Kate changes topic to 'www.mistresslair.net | The Pimp don't need nothin' to be happy, cos The Pimp is BIIIIIIIIIII polar! That's right, I said BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII polar! Say it with me now! (pause..._) But The Pimp do need a ho. Maybe he should get him a white ho.'
[15:55] <+JT> rofl
[15:55] <+JT> I love crazy people
[15:55] <@Kate> NOT EVEN KIDDING
[15:55] <+JT> Well, you know what they say
[15:55] <+JT> Pimpin ain't easy
[15:55] <@Kate> At stops, he would poke his head out and yell:
[15:56] <@Kate> "IS THERE A HO OUT HERE FOR THE PIMP! THE PIMP NEEDS A HO!"
[15:56] <+JT> bwahahahahaha
[15:56] <+JT> I love it
[15:56] <+JT> what a freak
[15:56] <+Veloxyll> <3
[15:56] <@Kate> Then, when he got off the train, people wanted to get on.
[15:57] <@Kate> He held out his arms to block them and said sternly:  "The Pimp needs to get off this train first. The Pimp needs to find a ho."
[15:57] <@Kate> Then, after he got off, and then got in, he jumped back in the doorway as the doors were closing.
[15:58] <@Kate> And yelled, "THE PIMP IS IN DISTRESS!"
[15:58] <@Kate> "THE DOORS ARE CLOSING IN ON THE PIMP!!!"
[15:58] <+Veloxyll> Hahahahaa
[15:58] <@Kate> You have to understand.
[15:58] <+Veloxyll> Need
[15:58] <+JT> hahahahhahahahahahaaa
[15:58] <@Kate> When he was on the train, talking about being BIIIIII POLAR
[15:58] <@Kate> he was using a preaching voice and having the people on the train do callbacks
[15:59] <@Kate> I SAID BIIIIIIIIIIIII POLAR!
[15:59] <@Kate> Pimp:  BI
[15:59] <@Kate> Train: POLAR
[15:59] <@Kate> Pimp: BI
[15:59] <@Kate> Train: POLAR
[15:59] <+JT> hhahahahahhahah
[15:59] <+JT> omg roflmao
[15:59] <@Kate> It was awesome.
[15:59] <+Veloxyll> Man, I wish our public transport rocked that hard
[16:00] <@Kate> It's almost as awesome as the crazy man who was telling us all about how he was once mighty, but found the Lord
[16:00] <@Kate> "I once had the sweet life, oh yes."
[16:00] <+JT> lol
[16:00] <@Kate> "I had me a sweet wife."
[16:00] <@Kate> "A big house."
[16:00] <@Kate> "A good job with my own desk."
[16:00] <@Kate> "AND A FULLY DECKED-OUT BONNEVILLE."
[16:01] <@Kate> "But the Lord, he took all that from me."
[16:01] <@Kate> "Yes, even the Bonneville."
[16:01] <@Kate> "And when the Lord takes away your fully-decked out Bonneville, He gets your attention!"
[16:01] <@Kate> SO
[16:01] <@Kate> AWESOME
[16:02] <@Kate> And then there is Tuba Man.
[16:02] <@Kate> An enormously fat man who seems unable to play even the vaguest hint of a tune.
[16:03] <@Kate> He sits outside the Symphony Hall when there are concerts and puffs away, and yells, "Ya'all need to help a Brother out! THEY DON'T PAY ME TO PLAY HERE!"
[16:03] <@Kate> And there's the Disco Grad Student who dances on Michigan Ave.
[16:03] <@Kate> But the best Chicago crazy person ever was Wesley Willis.
[16:04] <@Kate> Who was a street musician so famously crazy he made an album.
[16:04] <@Kate> http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000009NXE.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
[16:05] <@Kate> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesley_Willis
[16:06] <@Kate> Or, and this is a great link:
[16:06] <@Kate> http://www.monzy.org/wesley/
[16:07] <@Kate>  Just so that you can get an idea of Willis' lyrical genius, let's take a look at the words to one of his most popular songs, "Alanis Morissette":
[16:07] <@Kate>     You are a rockin' maniac.
[16:07] <@Kate>     You are a singin' hyena.
[16:07] <@Kate>     You are a rock star in Jesus' name.
[16:07] <@Kate>     You can really rock Sadam Hussein's ass.
[16:07] <@Kate>     You are so lovable to me in the long run.
[16:07] <@Kate>     ALANIS MORISSETTE!
[16:07] <@Kate>     ALANIS MORISSETTE!
[16:07] <@Kate>     ALANIS MORISSETTE!
[16:07] <@Kate>     ALANIS MORISSETTE!
[16:11] <@Kate> Here's a song sample:  http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/Merry+Christmas/