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ailbhe ([personal profile] ailbhe) wrote2006-04-07 05:50 pm
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Overheard

A friend of mine took a short bus trip with her toddler yesterday. A man on the bus was muttering about lazy women and irritating children while she was on the bus, and as she and the toddler got out at the library, he said:

"What's wrong with mothers now, can't any of them walk the streets any more?!"
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[identity profile] tammylc.livejournal.com 2006-04-07 04:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Wow.

[identity profile] clare-s.livejournal.com 2006-04-07 05:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Prat- Whats wrong with grumpy old men can't they walk the streets anymore pah !

[identity profile] k425.livejournal.com 2006-04-07 05:18 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yes, but then we wouldn't be able to point out the old men with no manners."
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[personal profile] ailbhe 2006-04-07 05:23 pm (UTC)(link)
It's not very flattering to his own mother, now is it?

[identity profile] lalajia.livejournal.com 2006-04-07 06:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Tell him the vice squad get upset when street-walker mothers have their kids with them

(okay, I've just got a filthy mind!)
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[personal profile] ailbhe 2006-04-07 07:00 pm (UTC)(link)
No, this pun is why the story was posted in the first place. And why she told it to me. I'm glad someone got it.

[identity profile] baratron.livejournal.com 2006-04-10 08:20 pm (UTC)(link)
That was my thought too, but I've only just caught up with livejournal :)

[identity profile] micheinnz.livejournal.com 2006-04-07 11:43 pm (UTC)(link)
She didn't turn to him and loudly ask "Did you just say I should be a streetwalker?"
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