Gotham City in the 1800's

So I'm riding the bus this morning and everything seems normal and uneventful. That is how the morning bus ride usually happens right up until the bus gets to Halsted Street. This time a couple gets on the bus or at least that is what it seemed until the guy paid his fare. He turns to the girl and he says "you're fucked up" (slang for "I got mine but I don't know what YOU are going to do) and goes to the back of the bus. Apparently he thought he could get away from her by boarding the bus but she pulled out a bus pass and quickly swiped it (it didn't have any money on it and that is why she swiped it so fast so that the reader couldn't get a good scan and the driver let her on anyway much to the dismay of the guy.) They start to argue immediately. When the guy saw that he couldn't use the bus as sanctuary he tries to get off at the very next stop and she is hot on his heels. From what I could tell he just did not want the confrontation and she was not having any of it. She was lucky that he was not a violent person because he was getting ramped up. (Cue Michael Jackson's "Leave Me Alone." Cue the dancers and the chimp! Action!)

Anyway, on my way home I sit behind this random dude. This guy is wearing what could only be described as a black leather, hip hop styled oversized hat with a Batman logo on it. In keeping with the theme, he had a brown leather western style duster, also with Batman logo on the back (Frank Miller era Batman logos for both) and, to complete the ensemble, a pair of pale green leather boots. I really wanted to ask HipHop Western Batman where he purchased his outfit (I didn't know Bruce Wayne had his own line of clothes) but before I could the bus was disrupted by the 79th street comedy showcase. Some guy just started telling jokes and rambling off at the mouth stating "if your side hurts you owe me a 'square'" (for those of you unfamiliar with Chicago slang a "square" is a cigarette, most likely a Newport because that is the only brand that cheap Black people smoke.) According to his random banter he is a Grandfather, he believes that if you are a female 18 and up you are fair game and he is the funniest man on this bus. He also believes that God told him that his destiny is to tell jokes. He was macking very hard to every female in the front of the bus one by one. When one would get off the bus he would move to the next one. This one poor girl ended up being the last one on the bus and he was pestering her with the tenacity of a trial lawyer. He was like "let me get your Facebook name" and she was like "I don't use Facebook!" Then he was like "my baby mama's number is 312-508...." and she was like "I don't want your phone number" (he was giving her that number because "his phone didn't work and you could reach him on his baby mama's phone." He then got off the bus, still mumbling to himself all the way down the street. There was a Walgreens on the corner so I hope he was going to get his prescription for his meds.