tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13023910.post114310601837241346..comments2023-10-11T10:39:58.778+01:00Comments on The Life and Loves of a She Weevil: Nutter on the busShe Weevilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01199515141545270582noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13023910.post-1143307464245741042006-03-25T17:24:00.000+00:002006-03-25T17:24:00.000+00:00Oh, and also - is the coComment sidebar supposed t...Oh, and also - is the coComment sidebar supposed to be on the left side of your blog, or the right? On my browser (an old version of Mozilla) it's appearing on the left - OVER your blog posts. In Internet Explorer (also an old version - my computer is old!) it appears down the bottom underneath your blog posts, on the left.<BR/><BR/>This means that I can read your posts in IE, but I just wondered what I was supposed to be seeing supposing I had a newer computer.Badaunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13421084688117792172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13023910.post-1143307114101122502006-03-25T17:18:00.000+00:002006-03-25T17:18:00.000+00:00I had a similar experience on the subway once, aft...I had a similar experience on the subway once, after a long tiring day. An old man kept sitting down beside young people (male and female) and starting to unzip his trousers. I watched him being abandoned by startled young people leaping out of their seats and running to a different carriage, and he worked his way down towards me.<BR/><BR/>I did NOT want to stand up. I was knackered. Also, I didn't think he looked bad. Confused, maybe, but not bad. He had a gentle face. So I stayed sitting down, and sure enough he sat beside me and unzipped his trousers. <BR/><BR/>Then he turned the fly out so I could see the label. (He was wearing long johns underneath - there was nothing else to see!) The label was written in English - lots of English - and it was driving him nuts not knowing what it meant. He was asking young people because he thought they would understand it because they learned English at school.<BR/><BR/>I had to laugh. It was such an innocent request (and his long johns were so bulky and woolly he may as well have been wearing a chastity belt). I read the label carefully, out loud - and I'm sure my fellow commuters were SHOCKED to see me peering into this guy's fly - and had to explain to him, regretfully, that the English made no sense at all. (If I remember correctly it was something about teddy bears and autumn, but ... well, you know what Engrish is like. You can't REMEMBER that stuff.)<BR/><BR/>He was disappointed, but pleased to finally know. He told me it had been bothering him for ages. He zipped up, thanked me, and for the rest of the journey was a model seat companion.<BR/><BR/>It was a wonderfully strange and happy incident.Badaunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13421084688117792172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13023910.post-1143296201138599212006-03-25T14:16:00.000+00:002006-03-25T14:16:00.000+00:00I had a terrible job commenting on this yesterday,...I had a terrible job commenting on this yesterday, for some reason blogger became convinced I was an Evil Spam Merchant and would do the word verification thingy!<BR/><BR/>I'm very cautious in situations like this: when I taught IT to retired people, I got myself in to several quite sticky situations just by being friendly and having it perceived wrongly; nice to have my slightly jaded faith in human nature bolstered :).Allyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15328795228297873415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13023910.post-1143206286743760632006-03-24T13:18:00.000+00:002006-03-24T13:18:00.000+00:00I'm glad too and not a little chastened by the who...I'm glad too and not a little chastened by the whole experience.She Weevilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01199515141545270582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13023910.post-1143200833715141032006-03-24T11:47:00.000+00:002006-03-24T11:47:00.000+00:00Hm, [nod] glad you stayed for the whole thing so w...Hm, [nod] glad you stayed for the whole thing so we could find out how it could turn out too. I would have expected a chat-up too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13023910.post-1143107700912969622006-03-23T09:55:00.000+00:002006-03-23T09:55:00.000+00:00It's difficult, though, isn't it? You never know w...It's difficult, though, isn't it? You never know when Harmless Slightly Nutty Widower will turn into Manic Psychotic Nutcase Intent on World Destruction and Stalking. You probably made his day, though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com