The curmudgeonly behavior of local alcoholic Ray Johnston indicates that he probably woke up on the wrong side of the street, or with a bottle up his ass, or simply saddened by the terrible turn that his life has taken as a result of his addiction.

Providence residents, passing by a visibly unhappy Johnston on Waterman Street this morning, agreed upon the humor inherent in the idea that the longtime vagrant’s bad mood had resulted from falling asleep on a side of the road that was somehow inferior to the other side. They conceded that a situation wherein Johnston was grumpy because alcohol had led him to sacrifice everything he had once loved held less comedic value.

“This old crank right next to me must have woken up on the wrong side of the street or something, am I right?” shouted a man standing beside a crestfallen Johnston. “Zing!"

In the end, even Johnston had to admit that he enjoyed the joke. “It’s funny because I sleep in the middle of the street,” he said.

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