Plus, why did they feel they needed to have the only token black guy in the ad giving up his seat?
― wogan lenin (doglatin), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 12:04 (seventeen years ago) link
― Fred (hb262), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 12:10 (seventeen years ago) link
UK TO BE HIT BY RUSSIAN WINTER IN JULY
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 12:15 (seventeen years ago) link
Sometimes what looks like good manners is just trying to score points with a hottie (or milf.)
― a bulldog fed a cookie shaped like a kitten (austin), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 12:20 (seventeen years ago) link
― Madchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 12:28 (seventeen years ago) link
I used to enjoy my commute, I don't drive but 99% of others in my building do. My bus was virtually empty until about six weeks ago when a factory opened next door to my work.
Now when I leave to walk to the bus-stop I have to speed-walk in a race against forty Polish folk to ensure I get a seat. And by god do they know how to power-walk.
― Rumps (Rumps), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 12:42 (seventeen years ago) link
I once refused to give up my seat. I had a bad knee and it sucked having to stand. There were loads of other people on the tram so why did the old bag (sorry, lady) have to moan about me not standing up? I really did want to say to her: Well, let's swap my crap knee for your age?
― nathalie (stevienixed), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 12:46 (seventeen years ago) link
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 12:47 (seventeen years ago) link
OH AND WHAT ABOUT THAT IDIOT? I always make sure I put my hand out when I'm on my bike and will turn in a side-street. Does the idiot notice this? No,he still speeds up to me and nearly runs me over! I mean, FOR FUCKS SAKE! I always make sure I show that I'm going to change position but do they give it a thought? Fuck no.
*sigh*
― nathalie (stevienixed), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 12:48 (seventeen years ago) link
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 12:54 (seventeen years ago) link
I think in maybe a decade, they'll attempt to make Bruges like Venice: no cars at all. Would be coolio for me cause I don't drive a car! :-)
― nathalie (stevienixed), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 12:56 (seventeen years ago) link
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 13:01 (seventeen years ago) link
― nathalie (stevienixed), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 13:02 (seventeen years ago) link
For the most part, I agree, but I got a very timid, brely-audible "bless-you" from a stranger on the subway the other day. After I sneezed, I mean. Never happened before.
― franny (frannyglass), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 13:36 (seventeen years ago) link
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 13:40 (seventeen years ago) link
Not that I've been fined for momentarily putting a wheel in one, oh no.
― Dr.C (Dr.C), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 13:44 (seventeen years ago) link
yeah i wasn't sure how she'd react really. was it on ilx that someone witnessed a young guy give up his seat to a woman in her late thirties, who retorted "I'LL HAVE YOU KNOW I AM IN MY SEXUAL PRIME, FUCKBAG!" at him.
Did I reply "I know, I'm standing up because I want to have sex with you"?
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 13:47 (seventeen years ago) link
― Fred (hb262), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 14:01 (seventeen years ago) link
― stet (stet), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 14:05 (seventeen years ago) link
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 14:09 (seventeen years ago) link
― Madchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 14:14 (seventeen years ago) link
― stet (stet), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 14:17 (seventeen years ago) link
As I say... ;-)
― wogan lenin (doglatin), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 14:18 (seventeen years ago) link
Then the enigmatic rumble under Bridgeton, then the dramatic emergence into the picturesque daylight of Dalmarnock!
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 14:19 (seventeen years ago) link
― Madchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 12 December 2006 14:24 (seventeen years ago) link