oh, yeah

Sep. 17th, 2004 01:49 am
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almost forgot the minor fun on the tube on the way home.

walked into the tube car, flapping in the breeze in my matrixy rubber trenchcoat (ten quid from muji, winner!) to see, as one gets sensitive to seeing, a few wankers pointing and staring.

listening to prodigy on the treo, not too bothered.

started reading.

eventually, my peripheral vision is full of flickers, so I turn round, frankly *expecting* to see a bunch of wankers pointing at me.

imagine my suprise when they ARE.

imagine THEIR suprise when I take off my headphones and just STARE at them.

so very fucking hard THEY were.

shut the fuck up, sharpish, and sheepishly went back to mumbling to each other.

Which was not the end of it.

because, and this I really hate, they weren't english, so there weren't talking in english.

I don't give a fuck where you're from. Anyone who speaks more than their native tongue knows the experience of hearing things said by people who don't realise you understand them.

So it goes that I hear a few choice phrases that I understand from these apparently greek arseholes that I picked up from friends of mine who worked in a kebab shop.

I've already taken off my cans because, when drunk and pissy, I don't intend to let people think I'm choosing not to hear what they say in ENGLISH, then the body language alone (you know, pointing and staring is universal, without a mixture of greek and english cursewords) says "we're taking the piss! HELLO!!"

So, again (and can't normally do this unless I'm drunk, I'm too fucking polite) I look, SLOWLY round at them. Turn my head and STOP. The volume drops and the two monkeys stop gesticulating and go silent, then, after a moment, look away from me.

WANKERS.

There's nothing so fucking weak as ripping the piss if you're too scared to shout up to someone's face, except using the mask of another language to think the other person doesn't realise what's going on.

Even if I *didn't* have a smattering of swearwords in a million languages, I could tell you were being dicks in my direction, you tossers.

Again, they shut the fuck up and looked away.

Fucking pussies.

For anyone that (like me) feels intimidated by wankers, given that you DO take the risk of having to back it up, 9 times out of 10, mammals don't like being stared down and go into instinctive retreat.

Once they've looked away *once*, you've pretty much got 'em.

Twice and they're shitting themselves.

Pansy arsed little bastards.

I wish they HAD more confidence. A little friendly violence would have got my adrenaline right going.

Date: 2004-09-16 05:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mckenzee.livejournal.com
I'm in London next weekend, anything I should do?

Date: 2004-09-16 05:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] deathboy.livejournal.com
well, you could email me so I can give you me cell number and attempt a drink up!

can't guarantee owt, but if possible, it'd be ace to meet you :)

Date: 2004-09-16 05:53 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thirteen-oclock.livejournal.com
You sound like me. 'Cept that I'd have not known wtf they were on about and been glaring at them just in case.

But yeah, I'm glad someone else speaks like that after such encounters, makes me feel better.

Date: 2004-09-16 06:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kumimonster.livejournal.com
oooh scott!!!

er.. violence?
hmm

OOOH RYAN!

you're just SO like KeANU!!

Date: 2004-09-16 06:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] deathboy.livejournal.com
runs in the family, darlin' ;)

Date: 2004-09-16 06:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kumimonster.livejournal.com
the keanu-ness?
the violence?
or
the hom-lordiness?

:-p


btw, fri-sat-sun=mon-TueS-WED!
imminent arrival!
ahhhhh CRASHING INTO WALLS DRUNK TIME SOON
but u no get to see since ur free of the place
hah

Date: 2004-09-16 06:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rosetheconfused.livejournal.com
I was walking down the hallway in my school & some girl right behind me said "I cant believe we have so many fucking goths in this school.. its sickening!"..so me being highly offended I was called 'goth', I turned around and stared straight into her eyes and said "Ahem?????" I think it shut her up.. we ended up being friends after that :D
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Date: 2004-09-17 12:55 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hippiegunnut.livejournal.com
arabic/nr eastern/turkish/greek

Could be worse you just discribed the average tranny fucker - "if it's wearing a dress it doesn't count as gay" - at least they aren't trying to grope your arse or asking you "how much?". I find offering to break their legs for them makes them go away.

Date: 2004-09-17 01:18 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] silverfiligree.livejournal.com
Reminds me of the horrors of living in Wood Green, with it's large Cypriot community. Even the shop staff leer at white girls. *yech*

Date: 2004-09-17 01:22 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] silverfiligree.livejournal.com
It's even more fun if someone is being an arse in Foreign and then you realise you speak the lingo ;o) My Dad was hiking in Wales, looking a bit touristy with his backpack on, and stopped in a local shop. The staff snubbed him so he stood for a while, let them yatter on for a while, then spoke to them in fluent Welsh. Cue red faces.

Date: 2004-09-17 01:24 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] deathboy.livejournal.com
yyyup - have seen that happen, precisely the same scenario.

welsh shopkeepers in tourist towns seem to really enjoy being unpleasant to the people who maintain their livelihood, it appears.

Date: 2004-09-17 04:22 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] redcountess
Yeah, I copped that at primary school, high school and polytechnic from greek kids, so much so that I have a very strong aversion to that nationality. Up until now I only thought it was the offspring of peasant stock that immigrated to Australia in the 50s that did it, now I know it's all of them. As for the talking in their own language, I've had them do that in my own house, fuckers!

The only thing is I didn't fight back, not since I got kinghit from behind by a big burly greek boy when I was 8 who was reported to the head teacher by my mother and got the strap resulting in me copping the repercussions for years :-(
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