Last time I picked up a hitch-hiker was about twenty years ago. I'd just started working for a small, but successful, personal injury and criminal defense firm in Beaufort. I lived in Ridgeland, which is about a 45 minute drive from Beaufort. On my commute back home one day, I saw a fairly neatly dressed dude hitch-hiking, and decided to give him a lift. A couple of minutes into the trip, I notice the guy is looking at me. I said, "Hey, you look familiar to me". He said, "I oughta, you represented me". This made me a little nervous; the last place I'd worked was the Beaufort County Public Defender's Office, which meant, if I'd represented you, you were 1) poor, and 2) charged with committing a fairly serious crime. I tenatively offered, "So, how ya been?". "Not too good" he said, "I just got out of prison". Did any of you ever see the movie Cape Fear? Well, I had seen it not too much earlier than when I picked this ex-con up. I've embedded the trailer, case you wanna figure what was running through my mind. I'm thinking of saying, "Gosh, I've forgotten something, I'll be needing to drop you off pretty much immediately". Ah, what the hell, if he's gonna kill me, he's gonna kill me. "So, you ever get off of that crack?", I asked. "Mr. Mathews" he answers, "Getting off of crack is like leaving a bad woman; you know you got to do it, but it's hard". Dude obviously didn't kill me... but that is the last time I picked up a hitch-hiker.Sunday, September 28, 2008
Hitchin' a Ride.
Last time I picked up a hitch-hiker was about twenty years ago. I'd just started working for a small, but successful, personal injury and criminal defense firm in Beaufort. I lived in Ridgeland, which is about a 45 minute drive from Beaufort. On my commute back home one day, I saw a fairly neatly dressed dude hitch-hiking, and decided to give him a lift. A couple of minutes into the trip, I notice the guy is looking at me. I said, "Hey, you look familiar to me". He said, "I oughta, you represented me". This made me a little nervous; the last place I'd worked was the Beaufort County Public Defender's Office, which meant, if I'd represented you, you were 1) poor, and 2) charged with committing a fairly serious crime. I tenatively offered, "So, how ya been?". "Not too good" he said, "I just got out of prison". Did any of you ever see the movie Cape Fear? Well, I had seen it not too much earlier than when I picked this ex-con up. I've embedded the trailer, case you wanna figure what was running through my mind. I'm thinking of saying, "Gosh, I've forgotten something, I'll be needing to drop you off pretty much immediately". Ah, what the hell, if he's gonna kill me, he's gonna kill me. "So, you ever get off of that crack?", I asked. "Mr. Mathews" he answers, "Getting off of crack is like leaving a bad woman; you know you got to do it, but it's hard". Dude obviously didn't kill me... but that is the last time I picked up a hitch-hiker.
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To quote the underrated film "Detroit Rock City,"
"It's a teenage girl walking along the side of the highway. I mean, they, they, they make scary movies that start out like that."
... "Hey, but, but they make porno movies that start out like that too, man."
I hated that movie, too scary. Robert De Niro can be creeeeepy.
I've never picked up a hitchiker and I've never been one.
Did you ever see The Hitcher? Dude. Not for me.
I've hitched and I've picked em up. Gosh, I'm not very smart. I almost picked up a pair of hitchers once and they tried to jack my car, but I figured it out and drove off just in time.
Let's see, I got picked up by a guy just out of the stockade on Ft. Benning. And I picked up a dude with a chunk taken out of his head, allegedly a war wound from Nam.
Still, I'll probably pick up some more hikers, what the hell, can't live forever.
Even more creepy than Robert D was (and still is) Juliette Lewis.
Good comments, all. Hey, nobody liked the picture?
... Detroit Rock City as cool. 100 to one I pick up a serial killer; 1000 to one I pick up a misunderstood horny gal right out of the convent. Hmmm. Nope. Still not picking up any more hitchers.
... and Kate, Robert Mitchem was every bit as creepy in the original.
... Andy, you got some good hitcher stories. Better with a few beers and in person, though.
Star, I never figured out the whole Juliette Lewis thing either.
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