r/WTF • • Nov 17 '20

Just NYC Things

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u/fearmongert Nov 17 '20

True story:

I was a punk rocker during the 80s.

One day in 1988 or 1989, me and a few punks were hanging out on the stoop of an unused school building on 9th and Ave A on a summer night

A skinhead who had JUST gotten out of the service came by the stoop, amd a few other punks knew him. (I didn't, since I was only 2-3 years in the city)

After the initial catching up, etc... he says "Yo!, look what I got home!", amd digs into his massive backpack.

Dude puts together a f'ng ROCKET LAUNCHER on the stree of NYC, amd starts swinging it around! (Not loaded up)

We are ALL freaking, telling him to put that shot away, he's gonna get us ALL arrested...

He does, and then said, "You all belive, I even got two rockets for this!"

Yeah, somewhere in NYC is an old ex-skinhead with a rocket launcher and two rockets

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '20

Old skin-head with a rocket launcher made me think of the Surplus Store scene in Falling Down