THEY CALL ME LIGHTMAN!!!
Why are we obsessed with super-heroes? We are... they keep making new movies about them and now there's a t.v. show where people dress up in their favorite super hero costumes. Me... just call me LIGHTMAN for now. Tonight, I'll be heading out to the drive-in movie complex to fill in for my friend Jeff whose celebrating 17 yrs of marriage...YEAH!... with his wife Toni for a weekend away from kids and responsibilty. You see, a few years ago Jeff started a hobby; really a way to supplement his income, by selling glow sticks at the drive-in. Believe it or not, it's quite lucrative.
So, imagine if you can, a man with a dark apron, upon which 100 glowing flourescent light sticks(neon pink, blue, green) protrude his chest, flairing out to the sides, a cowbot hat with three blinking lights (red, blue, yellow), a blinking mouthpiece (red, blue, green, yellow), a rope light necklace streaming light around his neck (red, blue, green)... walking eerily in the twilight, passing children and adults as they stare and wonder... "LIGHTMAN!!" They scream. "HEY, are you selling those" or "COME OVER HERE!" or "MOM, DAD, CAN I HAVE ONE?".... and the frenzy begins...
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Hey can you bring some of those with you to Hawaii so we can do some night boogie boarding?
Blinded by the light...Cut loose like a deuce another runner in the night...
candace~~~ that would be SWEEET... i'll try to get some on the plane... never know with the new heightened ALERT because of the new terrorist plot...
susie~~~ THANK YOU!! i was never able to figure out the words to that song. (me and the ga-jillion others who sang it WRONG. we always sang it as.....well, you know....)
I came here to say how you crack me up, Lightman! And then I learn the words to a song that I used to sing a whole other way (really...a whole other way!).
Glad I stopped by!
That is a great idea Ms. Candace! That would be fun! Have the beach and The Lightman with the glow sticks. That would be awesome!
That's so funny! My kids call me Lightman because I have the uncanny ability to make red lights turn green as I drive up to them so I don't have to stop .. (just timing the perpendicular yellow lights .. )
That's funny .. :)
Dale
Dude...oh excuse me, Lightman, we had so much fun the other night at the movie watching you work the crowd.
I can answer the question that's burning in a lot of people's hearts..."Does Lightman use his powers for good or evil?" Unlike Superman or Spiderman, Lightman takes money from children and adults alike. He seems to have a power never seen before with the exception of moths and street lights. Ah but the part most people overlook is the hours of happiness that Lightman brings to those little children. Their faces light up (literally) after a visit from Lightman. Small price to pay really.
"Who is Lightman in real life?" Here again unlike those other two guys he is not mild mannered. He's a really cool guy who beats the skins for God.
He was already a superhero to me.
Susie, as for that lyric I think it made more sense the way everybody else sings the song. Like anything in that song made sense anyway. I think drugs were involved...in the seventies? Naaahhh.
dale,
so, your lightman too, uh? sorry but you can't my side-kick 'casue your too tall (and your super powers are too great)... we'll fight over who gets vince for side-kick, he's just the right size!
mark,
thanks man ! it was great havingf you and susie there... HILARIOUS suff 'bout 'dat song... et muk no cents....
OK I AM PRETTY SHORT I WILL BE YOUR SIDE KICK CROCKETT
keith,
you're funnier than vince too... so you got the job!
I love you light man! You rox my sox!
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