The Oldest Excuse in the Book

[galateus]

Oh Silver Age, when writers could pen lines like these and submit them to an approving editor:

Woman: You certainly had a change of heart. Last time I saw you, you ran away from me.

Man: Let me explain! I really did want to be with you, but I left you because I'd suddenly remembered I had an appointment to interview a famous king of the hoboes. [sic]

Comments

[geoffsebesta]

Bulldogs with rubber teeth, hens that lay soft-boiled eggs. Little streams of alcohol a-tricklin' down the rocks, stuff like that.

And you never have to change your socks!

[darklorelei]

You win!

[arilou_skiff]

Goddamnit, now I can't get that song out of my head.

[jlroberson]

What I wonder is, "A FAMOUS king of the hobo(e)s", which implies there are many, and that some are not as well-known. I imagine some resent that and want their day in the sun. (So to speak. Hobos actually prefer shade) Sounds like Germany before Bismarck.

Now I fear the Hobo Wars.

[buttler]

WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU ON?

[jlroberson]

Obviously I throw my lot in with King Joe of the Western Alleyways.

[proteus_lives]

And they hung the jerk that invented the work.

[geoffsebesta]

Socialists!