Street Food

Man is "South Philly, born and raised."  Or, so he says when people ask him "Where are you from?"

Now, I understand his frustration.  Because technically all these white folks who ask him that could also be asked the same question.  Yellow skin does not a foreigner make.

And now I must ask: is it excusable to use racist monikers when mocking [sometimes not] accidental racists?

But I digress.  The reason I bring up the whole South Philly part is this:  There are definitely moments when Man is the complete opposite of South Philly.

Like when he picked up a pepper from the sidewalk of Chinatown.  And then inspected it.  And then put it in our grocery bag.

Talk about moving up in life.  From one of the dirtiest streets in Philly to a Griswold cast iron pan.

I'm going to breeze over the part where I let Man keep the pepper.  He did promise to clean it.  And it did promise to be a funny story to tell later.  I should also skip the part where it turned into a pretty tasty dish...

So, back to the point at hand:  Man may have spent all of his life in South Philly (excluding college in Nowheresville, PA of course), but...

Let's be real here, folks.  What South Philly native would pick up food off of the sidewalk with the intentions of eating it?  Conclusion: Man is totally from Mars.