Interesting, indeed, but I kind of had to laugh.

You see, when the person shouted vike, they weren't referring to a person by the name of Vike, they were referring to what the customer wanted; vicodine=vike. It's like people who want crack cocaine, they refer to it as rock and heroin is referred to as blow or china. At least in some parts of the Chicagoland area. When I have to pass through the heavily populated drug areas, they simply yell out what's for sale to just about every passing car! Yeah, that's pretty wild stuff.

Anyway, thanks for sharing this piece.

lemongrass