Avert Thy Gaze

[seal_clubber]

This morning I read the paper while I rode the subway to work. From time to time I would glance up over the top of my paper, and every time I did this the woman sitting across from me was staring at me. I mean she was staring at me, hard. She was dressed casually, but neatly turned out-the hallmark of someone capable of caring for themselves, and

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weird behaviour

[wraithgirl]

Um, that's very odd.

Were you reading Eye or something?

I can't imagine what would cause someone - a Canadian mind you - to exhibit such impolite behaviour.

Perhaps you have become Flypaper for Freaks.

Re: weird behaviour

[seal_clubber]

Were you reading Eye or something?

Nope. Is Eye Magazine the magazine of choice for Digusting Men? I can't imagine that a tag-line like that would be a good circulation booster...

Adding to the surrealism of the encounter was the fact that she looked very much like our ex-Governor General, Adrienne Clarkson. It wasn't her -I have danced with Adrienne Clarkson (she was pleased that I knew how to waltz)- but it was a pretty close resemblance.

Re: weird behaviour

[wraithgirl]

"(she was pleased that I knew how to waltz)"

You do? Since when?

Re: weird behaviour

[seal_clubber]

Pah. Since longtime.

[seal_clubber]

Ahhh, I love an entry with a Moral.

Isn't spontaneous nudity in a previously nudity-free environment startling? I recall standing at the lights downtown once, waiting for the light to change, and becoming aware of the fact all at once that a woman directly opposite me (waiting for her light to change) was completely naked, carrying all her clothes draped over one arm, and looking spectacularly pissed off.

[davesbrain]

This is so astonishing I'm having trouble believing it.

Seal_Clubber.
Wasn't burping.
Wasn't farting.

;)

[seal_clubber]

   ...oh, yeah??

[alivicwil]

I would have asked her what the hell her problem was - give her some lip for her to be disgusted by

[seal_clubber]

There wasn't really time. The subway rolled to a stop, she made her remark as the doors opened, and then she was gone, leaving me to scratch my head and start a rapid mental inventory: Is my fly open? Is there a booger on my face I don't know about? Am I reading a porn magazine by mistake?

Flypaper for Freaks

[gmajor]

I can't think of anything except perhaps you reminded her of someone (or a class of someones) she was really pissed off at.

I got yelled at by an old woman once getting off the subway with

Re: Flypaper for Freaks

[seal_clubber]

Maybe we should start a Crazy Subway Encounter Anecdote meme.