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Never make eye contact with a Greenpeace kid

By adamg on Fri, 05/16/2008 - 10:47am

Jocular Schlemiel: It's like making eye contact with a pitbull during his shift on watch.

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annoying people
Greenpeace


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By bobmetcalf on Fri, 05/16/2008 - 11:18am.

Something about Global Warming.

I stopped and asked the young lady a question:

"Can you cite, by author and publication, two
scientific studies that indicate that there is
a global warming crisis?"

Response: "Humma nah humma nah humma nah..."

Thanks anyways.

By Michael on Fri, 05/16/2008 - 11:33am.

Remember the scene when Rex Kramer gets to the airport and beats the crap out of everyone asking for donations? That should be required viewing before every trip to Harvard Square.

By Gary McGath on Fri, 05/16/2008 - 12:49pm.

A basic survival skill in Harvard Square is the ability to treat people who come up to you as if they simply aren't there.

By Ron Newman on Fri, 05/16/2008 - 2:34pm.

Some of the people who come up to you just want to know where to catch the bus to Lechmere, or how to get to the Fogg or the Carpenter Center...

By Arborway on Fri, 05/16/2008 - 7:39pm.

zing!

By anon on Fri, 05/16/2008 - 2:23pm.

Greenpeace, Moonies, Mormons... not a dime's worth of difference. I'd put them in stocks and hand out tomatoes.

By Greenpeace minion on Fri, 05/16/2008 - 4:28pm.

As a life long Bostonian who has frequented all of the areas where street people congregate (greenpeace, 9/11 conspiracy, beggars of coin) Ive found its actually quite easy to tell the difference between an errant tourist (who in comparison to the street people isnt that bad, although I dont like them much either) and the greenpeace types. The tourist will look legitimatly confused while all the others , even the confused crazy ones, have the confidence in their surroundings that only come from spending hours upon hours on the street trying to convert us or get us to open our wallets.

I walked by Harvard Square today and within a block got hit by a GreenPeace person, 3 beggars, a 9/11 conspiracy person and of course a guy who is obviously not a beggar sitting on the ground with a funny sign asking for cash (thesis for some Harvard sociology class maybe?)