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A couple of years ago I witnessed the following:

Two guys were arguing in a New York city park. Don't remember what about. Suddenly one jumps up from the bench and punches the other. I hear the punchee yell, "I'm no Taurus, you're a Taurus!" The pun cher runs back to him, yelling, "Who you calling a Taurus?" and hits him again. Punchee keeps whimpering, "I'm not a Taurus!"

I couldn't believe these guys were fighting over astrological signs,so I asked the puncher what he called him. Yep, you guessed it, the ultimate New York insult, "YOU TOURIST!"

(I've since learned to decipher the NY accent)P

I know what you mean with that New York accent. I hiked in Denali with 2 girls from NYC. The rangers tell you to shout 'bear, bear' every now and then to warn the bears you're coming. I thought the girls had spotted a pub when they started yelling 'beer, beer'.

As far as astrology, I always tell people I'm a Uterus, that gets them confused.

Loved your story.
The accents in NYC are amazing, loved travelling on the subway and listening, trying to pick the district the person was from (without earsdropping!)