Thinking out loud

Those of you with a sharp eye would have noticed a post going up here on Tuesday night, then it was deleted again on Wednesday morning. Basically, I felt a bit dodgy about the post, as it could have come across as a bit offensive, and not as obviously tongue-in-cheek as my usual posts. The next morning I spoke to a few people about it, and while nobody was overly critical, I still wasn’t comfortable with it, so it’s gone. I may have another go of it sometime.

So on with this post.

I get pretty annoyed when in public places. Usually I can control this fairly well, but lately it’s escaping me more and more often.

This is mainly in the form of me cursing out loud. For example, the other day on the bus, a bunch of schoolkids got on. They take ages getting on, and absolutely pack the bus, so if you need to get off, you have to push by all the little bastards with their schoolbags.

Some of them went and sat at the back, and the rest were standing at the front. The rabble of conversation soon turned to boisterous shouting and screaming. The lads at the front screamed to the lads at the back.

“CRAIG, ROB GOT IN A FIGHT”

“HE WHA’?”

“GOT IN A FIGHT”

“WITH WHO?”

“CONOR”

“WHO WON?”

“KIND OF A DRAW”

“WHERE’S ROB?”

“UPSTAIRS”

“IS CONOR THERE?”

“DON’T THINK SO”

This went on for quite a while, and the whole bus soon knew all the gossip as these lads shouted up and down.

Then we got to the next stop.

And a whole new bunch of cunts were waiting to get on, hurrah!

“Oh for fuck’s sake” I said quite loudly. Then I thought  - “Shit, did I say that out loud? I’m pretty sure I did. That aul’ wan beside me must be a bit unnerved”

This was the first occasion I did this sort of thing, it’s getting more regular now though. Particularly when I get stuck behind someone in town or in a shopping centre.

Anyway, I should be working on something, but felt bad about deleting that post, meaning it looks like I haven’t blogged since Sunday. Pitchforks were being sharpened, I had to do something.

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