Having a wonderful Monday, wish you were here.

[tadorna]

As I was in the library during my lunch-break, idly flicking through a feminist history of embroidery (as you do), a slouching youth in a baseball cap shuffled past me and muttered out of the side of his mouth: "Slut."

Which is the kind of thing that makes one's day, obviously.

Now... to eat these Walkers Sensations sea salt and cracked black pepper crisps, or not to eat. That, my friends, is the question.

*eyes them*

Random story from today's Ipswich Evening Star

Plea to find owner of stray black cat
A Tattingstone woman is today hoping to find the owners of a stray black cat she has christened Satan.

Unusual christening that must have been...

Do you get the impression I'm bored, at all?

Comments

[yellow-oranges.livejournal.com]

EAT THEM....

What was up with that youth? It reminds me of a time long long ago, walking around London in pink leggings and a long black jacket with brightly colored flowers on it (I told you it was a long time ago) and a middle-aged man in a suit looked right at me and said, "Lovely day for a dress" with ice dripping off every syllable. Who are these people who feel like they can just comment unsolicited?
grrrrr

[sheldrake.livejournal.com]

Heheh. I'm just trying to work out what's so sluttish about grey work trousers and a duffle coat. I love mad people.

I did eat some of the crisps, but they caused not one but two massive coughing fits. I'm saving the rest until I can cough in private.

Mad.

[lugna-vatten.livejournal.com]

Good idea re. the crisps!

The woman who once yelled furiously at me across Upper Brook Street that becuase of the Taliban I should be ashamed to have a beard called out 'My daughter walks like that, too - it's a dead give away' as Drew and I walked to work.

Although he'd never told me before he revealed that she had once been abusive about people who carry umbrellas (which he was at the time.)

I'm off to choose records for me 'do.'

Re: Mad.

[sheldrake.livejournal.com]

What, her daughter's in the Taliban, too? I wonder if she's got a beard. And what do umbrellas have to do with all this? Mystifying!

[lobelia321.livejournal.com]

Would this have been the book by Rozsika Parker??

And Ipswich, hon? Rome it ain't but compared to Chelmsford it's the Garden of fucking Eden.

[sheldrake.livejournal.com]

It was! Oh, you are clever! Is it any good? I didn't get it out in the end.

And yes, Chelmsford is shuddersome...

[crazybutsound]

Oooo, I remember when my students used to call me a slut behind my back! Turns out it was because I was French, simple as that. *giggles* I appears to my English students, being French was the same thing as being a slut. Maybe reading books about feminist history of embroidery is the same as being a slut to that particular youth?

And hahahaha! Unusual christening indeed.

[sheldrake.livejournal.com]

Heheh! Was this in England? Historically, I believe, the English and French have always blamed each other for being the source of all depravity and immorality.

I still think it was my sluttish duffle coat.

[crazybutsound]

Ah, true that. We've always been the English's archenemies and vice versa. But I've also found from travelling around that being French does seem to mean you have to be easy or a slut, too. Wonder why that is because honestly, from what I've seen? We're far far far from being the worst. *giggles*

And really, what were you thinking going out in a duffle coat? Those are the sexiest most sluttish coats one could ever wear! Obviously you were asking for it, lol.

[vixalicious]

Slut!

*runs away*

<3

[sheldrake.livejournal.com]

Ooh, why I oughta...! *shakes fist*

Was he Dutch?

[elocin-tonde.livejournal.com]

Slut boy I mean cos if he was it might have been a pickup line. The idea is to call somebody a slut and when they agree you know the women is a slut. When they don't agree you know she isn't. It's a pretty good system apart from the fact you get slapped around a lot when the women isn't a slut or brought her boyfriend/husband with her. I adopted this method and used that one for years but I asked people Millionaire? cos I was sorta looking for one and was tired of getting slapped around.
Yep.
Tonde

Re: Was he Dutch?

[sheldrake.livejournal.com]

Good idea - did you ever find one?

Re: Was he Dutch?

[elocin-tonde.livejournal.com]

I got slapped around a lot even by the Millionaires although in hindsight that might be the question "so fancy a shag and share your millions?" have something to do with that. Finally I just tried to talk to women and get them to say something back and I needed to go to the United States to find a women who has a kink for weird in Holland there weren't any.
Oh well.
Tonde

Re: Was he Dutch?

[sheldrake.livejournal.com]

I find your story inspiring - it just goes to show that persistance pays off in the end!