See this? It’s a picture of my friend, A, from The Beanhouse. He’s like a little sprite to me, with that face of his. He’s about 25, former military, and he’s hilarious. LOVES to talk. He now works for MB.
Anyway, I called the office the other day and A answered the phone. Within seconds he had launched into the story of his latest shenanigan and I was just howling. Seems he went up to this black guy at school and said, “What’s crackalackin’, homey?”
Oh, and when he re-enacted it for me, his voice was all high, like little Michael Jackson or something.
So the black guy is silent, then goes, “Dude …. you’re white.”
A is undaunted. He just says, “Fo’ sho’, homey.”
Black guy walks away, shaking his head, muttering, “That is one crazy mofo!”
And A was positively delighted with himself. Hahaha.
He’s almost 25? He looks 14. Probably helps him get away with some of the stuff he does.
Sprite or Elfish? He needs some pointy ears and he could have been in Lord of the Rings.
He looks down right mischievous.
//What’s crackalackin’//
hahahaha I am totally stealing that.
He sounds hilarious! We all need people like that around to remind us that life is funny!
Cullen — I know! He’s working at S-bucks right now part-time and the manager keeps calling him “Boy” or “Kid” or “Boy-o” and they are the same age! Finally — and I was so proud of him, really — he went OFF on her: “I AM NOT A KID! I’VE BEEN AROUND THE WORLD ON 4 TOURS OF DUTY WITH THE NAVY AND WE ARE THE SAME AGE!!” She shut up.
ASM — Yes, mischievous, exactly. I love him for it.
Sheila — Yeah, “crackalackin'” evolved from The Beanhouse. One crazy busy Saturday when people were just so swarming and needy and LOUD, I yelled out, totally exhausted, “RELEASE THE CRACKEN!!” And several customers laughed because who hasn’t seen Clash of the Titans, etc.? Then it evolved to all of us baristas calling each other “Cracky,” which clearly sounds kinda questionable. Whatevs. But then A took it to the next level with “crackalackin'” — so it’s a kind of whole Beanhouse inside joke.
But, definitely, steal at will!! 😉
“What’s crackalackin’?”
Heh. That is the wrong-em, boy-o. And I AM older than you, so deal. 😉
Seriously, the poor kid looks like he was in Willow’s homeroom or something. It’s that grin. (I love the look, but poor kid.)
Also, I love the kind of stunned quiet black guy saying, “Dude, you’re white.”
hahahaha
*Willow’s homeroom*