Impersonating someone can be a federal offense
SEK is inside his apartment being forced (by proximity) to listen to children playing basketball on the court adjacent to his porch.
CHILD #1: Pass the ball!
CHILD #2: I’M RAY ALLEN!
CHILD #1: Pass the damn ball!
CHILD #2: I’M RAY ALLEN!
SEK’S PORCH: I’VE BEEN HIT!
SEK: What the—
SEK exits his apartment and looks at his porch. On the ground is a shattered pot and another plant that will inevitably not survive re-potting at this time of year. There is also a basketball. SEK picks up the basketball and looks at the children on the court.
SEK: Which one of you is “RAY ALLEN”?
CHILD #1: What do you mean?
SEK: I mean, which one of you is “RAY ALLEN”?
CHILD #2: Not us.
SEK: Have a good night then.
CHILD #1: What about our ball? Can we have it back?
SEK: This isn’t your ball.
CHILD #1: It is.
SEK: So you’re “RAY ALLEN”?
CHILD #2: No one’s “RAY ALLEN”! Now give us back our ball!
SEK: This ball belongs to “RAY ALLEN.” If you’re not “RAY ALLEN,” this isn’t your ball.
SEK enters his apartment with “RAY ALLEN”‘s ball. Ten minutes pass. His doorbell rings. Standing at the door is an OLDER WOMAN with a firm grip on CHILD #2′s arm.
OLDER WOMAN: My son has something to say to you. (OLDER WOMAN elbows CHILD #2)
CHILD #2: I’m—
OLDER WOMAN: Say it!
CHILD #2: I’M RAY ALLEN!
C.S.:
November 25th, 2012 at 11:06 pm
Y’know, that was kind of a dick move on your part.
Jim Lynch:
November 25th, 2012 at 11:09 pm
Yeah. You’re a mean Mr. Mustard, you are.
LosGatosCA:
November 25th, 2012 at 11:10 pm
Also, too, get Ray Allen off his damn lawn.
zombie rotten mcdonald (unashamed Knack fan):
November 25th, 2012 at 11:14 pm
I’M RAY ALLEN, AND SO IS MY WIFE!
zombie rotten mcdonald:
November 25th, 2012 at 11:15 pm
y’know, Ray Allen probably wouldn’t have missed that shot.
Benjamin:
November 25th, 2012 at 11:15 pm
Ray Allen wishes he had that youth and gumption.
McAllen:
November 25th, 2012 at 11:16 pm
From the way the story was going I was sort of expecting a huge crowd of children to all stand up and claim to be Ray Allen.
Pinko Punko:
November 25th, 2012 at 11:21 pm
Don’t poke the little bears!
Manju:
November 25th, 2012 at 11:23 pm
Bird denied a lot of stuff too.
Lyanna:
November 25th, 2012 at 11:23 pm
Dick move or not, I approve.
Warren Terra:
November 25th, 2012 at 11:38 pm
Did RAY ALLEN apologize for the dead flowerpot and the dying vegetation?
Andy:
November 25th, 2012 at 11:39 pm
OLDER WOMAN is officially awesome.
We all need more OLDER WOMAN in our lives.
Colette:
November 25th, 2012 at 11:41 pm
I’m the mother of a 4th-grade basketballin’ boy, although not any of the boys implicated in this story, and I approved this message.
SEK:
November 25th, 2012 at 11:43 pm
Yes. But since my porch is currently an unwilling participant in a reenactment of the Battle of Britain, I don’t really feel too bad.
SEK:
November 25th, 2012 at 11:44 pm
No. But his mother gave me $10 to replace the $30 plant he destroyed.
Andy:
November 25th, 2012 at 11:52 pm
and you really should consider buying RAY ALLEN a small Christmas gift to show him that there’s no shame in stepping up and taking responsibility. It might teach him a valuable lesson. It might make a difference. It might make a new friendship.
Anderson:
November 25th, 2012 at 11:55 pm
Ray Allen is going to slash your tires, dude.
SEK:
November 26th, 2012 at 12:10 am
I gave him back his ball. He’ll be fine. And if he does slash my tires, well, I wouldn’t want to be the one who faces his mother when I complain about my tires being slashed, and I got the distinct impression he wouldn’t want to be either.
heckblazer:
November 26th, 2012 at 12:58 am
“I’m Ray Allen!”
“No, I’m Ray Allen!”
Jyestha:
November 26th, 2012 at 1:23 am
“Ray Allen” is not going to slash your tires but it might happen anyway.
e julius drivingstorm:
November 26th, 2012 at 2:07 am
Good thing you don’t live on my golf course ’cause “I am Tiger Woods”.
MikeJake:
November 26th, 2012 at 2:25 am
You shouldn’t have given him the ball back until he agreed to commit to Big State.
SEK:
November 26th, 2012 at 2:29 am
(I should note that I’ve been dealing with insomnia by watching Rescue Me. Not that that’s relevant, assholes, but fuck you.)
Jason:
November 26th, 2012 at 3:31 am
is Ray Allen flying a Hurricane or a Messerschmidt in this scenario?
Jason:
November 26th, 2012 at 3:33 am
I am somewhat surprised that kids today would still pretend to be Ray Allen.
SEK:
November 26th, 2012 at 4:42 am
He’s on the Heat, that’s all they know.
herr doktor bimler:
November 26th, 2012 at 5:30 am
More likely, SEK will wake up to discover that he has monsters all over him.
herr doktor bimler:
November 26th, 2012 at 5:33 am
Did you ever discover which of the children was named SPALDING NBA?
BW:
November 26th, 2012 at 6:22 am
Even that’s surprising for kids in southern California. Knowing LA fans, I’d have imagined that their pickup games would be staffed by ten Kobe Bryants…
rea:
November 26th, 2012 at 7:24 am
I wouldn’t want to be the one who faces his mother when I complain about my tires being slashed
Dude, how are you going to do that without facing her?
Timb:
November 26th, 2012 at 8:05 am
No ONE wants to be Kobe
Halloween Jack:
November 26th, 2012 at 8:10 am
None of us are Spartacus!
Halloween Jack:
November 26th, 2012 at 8:11 am
Ben Franklin would approve.
Quercus:
November 26th, 2012 at 8:23 am
No, I’m Shuttlesworth.
Wait, did I get that right?
Otter:
November 26th, 2012 at 9:55 am
As she walks away from SEK’s door, Older Woman shakes her head sadly and says, “Why couldn’t you just be World B. Free, like your father?”
CaptBackslap:
November 26th, 2012 at 10:00 am
Ray Allen is a decent human being.
Barry Freed:
November 26th, 2012 at 10:41 am
He was busted!
Thanks for that SEK.
seeker6079:
November 26th, 2012 at 3:54 pm
The fact that holding some little sod accountable for smashing things is seen as a “dick move” is one of the reasons we have so many little sods instead of little kids.
Manju:
November 26th, 2012 at 5:01 pm
heh
(the other) Davis:
November 26th, 2012 at 9:02 pm
They really are so grateful!