The other day my husband and I and our taxi driver were presented with the sight of a young man standing on the corner of Yonge and Dundas with a live boa constrictor draped around his neck. Yes. At least I think it was a boa constrictor. The driver pulled over for a few seconds. The three of us were speechless.
But on reflection I have come to the realization that supremely unusual apparitions are not that unusual in the city of Toronto. I have seen a young woman of colour whose halo hair arrangement could be said to be three times the size of her head. I have seen a fun grown woman at the counter of Timothy’s Coffee wearing a tutu. I have seen an elderly man step out of his chauffeur driven Rolls Royce wearing a brilliantly coloured full length silk coat.
Are these outliers motivated by a need to be noticed? Is this is so, congratulations to them. They succeed in spades.