City of Men

Nov 21, 2011 21:09

Istanbul has the most wonderful street cats I have ever encountered. There are thousands of street cats all over Istanbul, sleek and well-fed, who will walk into stores to climb up on a ledge and nap in the sun, or crawl into your lap while you're sitting in a cafe. There are cats in the Hagia Sophia. In Istanbul, the cats love you so much, they ( Read more... )

cats, vacation, istanbul, travel, epic street harassment

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thewronghands November 22 2011, 13:41:45 UTC
Ugh, I'm so sorry. I'm pretty sure that in your shoes I would have punched someone by now. (I hate hate hate like poison the not knowing who to punch thing. So much sympathy on that.) Hooray for cats, though.

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lilmissnever November 22 2011, 16:39:11 UTC

E. can attest to my facial expressions, which read:

Did someone seriously pinch my ass?

Yes, someone actually did that.

I should punch them in the face.

Which one of these eight men could it be?

What if I punch the wrong one?

There's my stop. I'm out of here.

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thewronghands November 22 2011, 23:14:44 UTC
Probably unhelpful to think of really insulting sentences about their parentage to get translated into the local language so that you can yell it appropriately... but tempting.

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ilcylic November 22 2011, 14:35:09 UTC
*mentally starts designing you a poisoned barb covered hairnet type thing*

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lilmissnever November 22 2011, 16:46:23 UTC

I'm thinking that I need a catsuit covered in spring-loaded poisoned barbs that will activate whenever anyone touches me. I will look like a porcupine. A porcupine whose ass does not get grabbed on the metro.

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