Really funny experience in Berkeley today!

@TheHorse (205716)

Walnut Creek, California

July 13, 2018 8:20pm CST

I was hoping something weird would happen today. I was getting bored with my posts. As I was walking up University Avenue, during my break, hoping to score a spinach-feta croissant and coffee, I heard loud rap music playing ahead of me. Looking up, I spied about seven black women dancing in the middle of the sidewalk. The music was blaring from a car parked next to where they were dancing. As I attempted to pass, one of the women jumped in front of me, and wiggled her tushy in front of my body in a "twerking" sort of way, with a high frequency of twerk/sec. I did the only thing I could think of: I broke into a dance move that was the best a middle-aged white man can come up with on the spur of the moment. Everyone laughed and one of the women said something like "He bust a move!" I noticed that another woman was recording the whole thing with a cell phone. I waved a quick wave as I proceeded on, and everyone seemed to enjoy the moment. On the way back to work, croissant and coffee in hand, I elected to use the opposite side of the street. The party was still in full swing, but I didn't want to try and "bust another move" with hot coffee in my hand. Have you ever experienced anything like this? I wonder what led to the party in that particular place at that particular moment.

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@LadyDuck (458091)

• Switzerland

14 Jul 18

I would have been upset being recorded, this is something I would have not appreciated. Being shared on social network is not something I want.

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@vandana7 (98826)

• India

17 Jul 18

@LadyDuck I agree...I can't share my ugliness on social media without being paid decent fortune for it. Kidding..asking permission is manners.

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@LadyDuck (458091)

• Switzerland

14 Jul 18

@TheHorse People should be less rude and ask before.

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@TheHorse (205716)

• Walnut Creek, California

14 Jul 18

Me neither...unless it's playing music. But I would only have been in their video for about three seconds.

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@Marilynda1225 (79709)

• United States

14 Jul 18

If they were recording it you might just become a viral sensation!! I'd love to see you "bust a move"

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@Marilynda1225 (79709)

• United States

14 Jul 18

@TheHorse maybe you should have titled it....how I bust a move

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@TheHorse (205716)

• Walnut Creek, California

14 Jul 18

@Marilynda1225 I think I did originally. And nobody read it. Sigh.

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@TheHorse (205716)

• Walnut Creek, California

14 Jul 18

I was worried about that. But I'd just appear as the "cool" regular guy, passing through. It was a fun and silly moment. I have no idea why they were there. Why is hardy anybody responding to this post? Is it scary somehow? Maybe I'd better do a breakfast post.

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Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (57858)

• Centralia, Washington

14 Jul 18

I want to live where there is a spinach-feta pastry handy. You all had fun.

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@TheHorse (205716)

• Walnut Creek, California

14 Jul 18

Berkeley is Berkeley.

@cintol (11261)

• United States

14 Jul 18

Can't say that I have but darn, I wish you would have gotten the video that woman took to play on here. lol

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@TheHorse (205716)

• Walnut Creek, California

14 Jul 18

It may be viral on YouTube by now. I'm finally going to be famous.

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@TheHorse (205716)

• Walnut Creek, California

14 Jul 18

@cintol Thanks. But when I "bust a move," look out!

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@cintol (11261)

• United States

14 Jul 18

@TheHorse Yay, coz I doubt anyone has seen your singing videos right!! Although, do you dance better than you sing?? I can't imagine you do because your singing is great.

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@Hannihar (129470)

• Israel

15 Jul 18

@TheHorse That was really cool. I bet you had a good time there. We have had things happen here that were very interesting to watch. A lot of them happen across from our bus station in Jerusalem in a square there. I sometimes like to stop and watch and maybe take a picture.

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@TheHorse (205716)

• Walnut Creek, California

16 Jul 18

What kinds of antics occur?

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@TheHorse (205716)

• Walnut Creek, California

17 Jul 18

@Hannihar Do people toss dollars at them?

@Hannihar (129470)

• Israel

16 Jul 18

@TheHorse There was a guy once playing drums on empty pain cans. It was interesting watching him. Other perform too and we have people that sell things.

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@spiderdust (14741)

• San Jose, California

14 Jul 18

What a fun happenstance!

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@TheHorse (205716)

• Walnut Creek, California

14 Jul 18

Seemed like a good-spirited moment. I wish I could have hung around to see how others reacted. But I was on a 10-minute break.

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@vandana7 (98826)

• India

17 Jul 18

It happens only in America. Thank god it was you. Another person might have reported them, and things could have gotten ugly.

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@vandana7 (98826)

• India

18 Jul 18

@TheHorse One racial confrontation avoided ..

@TheHorse (205716)

• Walnut Creek, California

17 Jul 18

I'm not sure what statement they were making. But I chose to interpret it in a positive light.

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@hereandthere (45651)

• Philippines

14 Jul 18

i like that you were game enough to dance with them. yes, please sing and dance here. not me, though.

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@hereandthere (45651)

• Philippines

14 Jul 18

@TheHorse oops sorry. i meant yes people sing and dance here. yes, i've seen your videos.

@TheHorse (205716)

• Walnut Creek, California

14 Jul 18

Heh. Have you seen my YouTube videos? I do sing. But I don't dance. Usually.

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@RasmaSandra (73407)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

14 Jul 18

People get motivated by the strangest things. Perhaps they were celebrating something. You did right by crossing to the other side.

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@TheHorse (205716)

• Walnut Creek, California

14 Jul 18

Well, I enjoyed the spontaneous interaction on the way TO the coffee place. But I didn't want to dance with coffee in my hand. It (the coffee) was hot.

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@JamesHxstatic (29242)

• Eugene, Oregon

16 Jul 18

Probably online somewhere, but three seconds is not bad.

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@TheHorse (205716)

• Walnut Creek, California

17 Jul 18

Sigh. I wonder why they weren't all at work! But they seemed to be having fun.

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@JESSY3236 (18923)

• United States

17 Jul 18

no I haven't. lol no dancing with coffee would be bad. Maybe it was a good luck party since it happened on Friday 13th.

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@Icydoll (36717)

• India

14 Jul 18

never experienced this..glad you had great fun time

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@TheHorse (205716)

• Walnut Creek, California

16 Jul 18

I still wonder how they got there in the first place.

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@Jessabuma (31700)

• Baguio, Philippines

14 Jul 18

Hahaha!!! I have never experienced this.. glad you had fun

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@TheHorse (205716)

• Walnut Creek, California

14 Jul 18

I wonder how others reacted.

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@Jessabuma (31700)

• Baguio, Philippines

14 Jul 18

@TheHorse hehehe!!! Maybe your video will become viral in YouTube

Abigael Jerobon

@a_jerobon (2304)

• Eldoret, Kenya

17 Jul 18

Haha! That is really funny. However, that seemed rude. They should have asked fast if you could dance with them. Anyway, it broke your boredom and made you experience something new so I wasn't as bad.

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