There's a guy walking down my street, talking on a cellphone. In Russian.

[Redstone]

This is just a little bit fucking weird.

If he's not gone in two minutes, I'm calling the cops.

Redstone

[bridgit]

1. happens all the time here in sac...

[EstimatedProphet]

2. What's he saying?

[Boojatta]

8. He's saying:

"Hello! Guess what I'm doing? I'm walking down the street and talking on a cellphone in Russian. Of course, you knew that, didn't you? I mean, maybe you didn't know that I was walking down the street and walking on a cellphone, but you knew that I was talking in Russian. Didn't you?"

[Redstone]

11. Yup. That's a typical cellphone conversation, isn't it?

Redstone

[Boojatta]

13. No, here's a typically cellphone conversation:

So we're like, "A decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation."

And they're like, "Yeah, dude, so what were the causes?"

And so, we're like, "He has refused his assent to laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good."

And so on.

[EstimatedProphet]

16. Nah, I bet it was more like the first one.

That conversation is forced, I think.

[Blue Diadem]

3. I used to hear that all the time

When we lived in Michigan..my neighbor was Russian and only spoke it if she was mad at her husband or if she was talking on the phone.

I can understand it freaking you out though. Have you ever seen him before?

[Kat45]

4. I see that all the time in the supermarket here.

:hi: Hey, how're you doing?

[Redstone]

10. Doing well, m'dear. You?

Redstone

[Kat45]

15. Pretty good. But still looking for a job.

[HEyHEY]

5. How do you know it's Russian, Comrade?

[PeterPuck]

6. are you being serious?

I would expect to read something like this on FR but not here. Have you never met someone that spoke another language?

[Redstone]

9. I think you need to think twice before calling me a freeper.

You got that?

Yes, I speak four languages myself, and have a wife who speaks three herself.

Any further questions?

Redstone

[jonnyblitz]

25. umm..your OP made it sound like you want to call the cops

on somebody just because they are't speaking English so I wouldn't be surprised if you got accused more than once of being a freeper in this thread. you must have left something out of your OP as to why you are bothered by this guy other than just because he isnt speaking English because that is, well, not very progressive of you. :shrug:

[Sannum]

7. The Commies are invading

:scared:

[MiniMandaRuth]

12. Ummm... I not listening to any Russian songs right now....

*Whistles inocently and kicks her copy of 'Red Army Band and Choir' under her bed*

[rockymountaindem]

14. In Russia, cops call you! n/t

[texas1928]

17. Da Comrade.

[Flaxbee]

18. soooo... why does this freak you out?

is it because you live in a rural area and have a semi-private or private street and it's weird for someone to be walking up and down it?

is it the language?

or are you pulling DU's collective leg?

has it been two minutes yet?

[Robeson]

19. Yeah, he may be selling missile systems to Iran over the phone....

...better turn him in....

[barb162]

20. why call the cops unless he's doing something illegal

is he loitering?

[RebelOne]

21. Nothing unusual. My nextdoor neighbor is from Ukraine

and I see him talking on his cell phone all the time in Russian.

[Blue Diadem]

28. First time I heard my former neighbor

was right after they moved in. She was angry at her husband and was shrieking in Russian. Scared me to death because I didn't know what was going on or if she needed help. He was one of those guys who referred to her as his mail order bride.

[jonnyblitz]

22. yeah, we don't want any of those dang foreigners here in CT

call the COPS NOW!!! :sarcasm:

jesus christ Redstone get a fucking grip, the cold war is over last I heard. :eyes:

[anarch]

23. yeah, man...call 'em

I can't stand people who walk down the street and talk on their cell phones. For chrissakes, stand still or something! You're gonna run into your fellow pedestrians!

[Evergreen Emerald]

24. I bet I know what he was saying:

Donald Rumsfeld is giving the president his daily briefing. He concludes by saying:

"Yesterday, 3 Brazilian soldiers were killed."

"OH NO!" the President exclaims. "That's terrible!"

His staff sits stunned at this display of emotion, nervously watching as the President sits, head in hands.

Finally, the President looks up and asks, "How many is a brazillion?"

[Random_Australian]

26. Nope, he is saying,

'I'm just walking down some strange road. Lost? Yeah, really lost. Wait a tic, is that the way through?'

Except in Persian or Dutch or whatever they speak.

[Random_Australian]

27. Nope, he is saying,

'I'm just walking down some strange road. Lost? Yeah, really lost. Wait a tic, is that the way through?'

Except in Persian or Dutch or whatever they speak.

[xchrom]

29. lol -- once wasn't enough?

[radwriter0555]

30. You're going to call the cops and tell them that a guy is walking down

the street talking on his cell phone in russian and expect them to do what, exactly? ABOUT what, exactly?

[DBoon]

31. In LA, he'd be a cab driver

it is rare to find a cab driver that isn't russian these days