1 year + Mt. Rushmore of Boston Bums.

I said before i wouldnt do too much self promotion, but one more time, a year ago today, i walked my fat ass into the gym and signed up, 12 months later and 158 lbs later im a new person.

I left out the individual bums of my last post but i think this is a good time to do this.

Here is my Mt. Rushmore of Boston Bums.

The siren bike guy, I'm a little hesitant to call his guy a bum, but anyway lets pretend, this guy is a staple in the city, unlike most bums who you can smell a mile away this guy you can hear a mile away. And he really gets around from cambridge to allston to downtowm boston he is everywhere. He is in phenomonal shape and the fact that he can ride his bike with leg braces, all the power to him.

The One Arm Push-Up Guy. I dont think anyone who lived in the city in the early 00's has not ran into him, He was able to talk just about all of us into paying him for doing 1 arm pushups. He at least earned his money unlike most of the lazy bums.

The "Got any Sparrrrrrrrrrre Channnnnnnnnnge Guy" This guy has been featured on Fox News before and has a name but i'm blanking, but he is the guy who is mostly around downtown crossing who has the real horse voice and speaks as slow as humingly possible. He actually got into the baseball tavern once while i was working and i got yelled at for letting him in. I was laying in the commons with the kelsters and he came up to someone next to us and asked if she had weed, i didnt realize he was able to say anything other than got any spare change.

The final entry for the Boston Mt. Rushmore, is the guy with the super long gray dreds who is always hunched over and walks .00001 mph. I havent seen this guy for awhile but i did see him recently and he had a fresh haircut, which should detract from his standing, but he has such a body of work that he deserves to stay up there .

Some notable mentions - the guy who is in the boston commmons, who i refer to as the news anchor bum. he sits there and yells out stuff that happened or the weather forcast, the other day he was yelling about tiger not winning the us open. he sits in the same place everyday next to the little league fields, they must be afraid of him.

Frank- those of you who take the bus to south station will know who he is, he has a sign that says "hi, im frank" and he is there rain or shine, he was there this mornign with an umbrella.

Spare Change Newspaper Guy- This guy stands all day trying to see the spare change newspaper, and he says it so funny hard to express in text but he really stresses the PAPer part of "spare change newsPAPer" I walked by him once and said it like he does while he was "off-duty" and he shot back "that's right" it was a proud moment.

This has gotten me to think about more Mt. Rushmores i can do. gotta be a couple that is shampy related. If you can think of ideas please post comments and ill do them, but in the meantime thanks bloggers its been a thin slice of heaven.