--- On Sat, 31/7/10, David Cragg <[email protected]> wrote:
From: David Cragg <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: [canals-list] Almost two weeks ago.
To: [email protected]
Date: Saturday, 31 July, 2010, 14:37
I had an aunt who, when walking on the towpath would go and stare into boat
windows commenting on the doing inside. The strange thing was she would never
peer into the windows of the houses in her street - most of which had their
front parlour window right next to the pavement.
Mind you the most extreme case of peering we experienced was a Indian lady with
her family below the locks at Bingley. This lady obviously felt that the
boaters waiting to use the locks were some sort of entertainment for she rushed
from one to another (followed by herd of children) pointing in windows gabbling
in Hindi to the children. Finally she arrived at ours and, ignoring us at the
back started banging on the kitchen window yelling ' Where is the mummy, where
is the mummy?' After trying to explain that we not a low cast group of
entertainers to be called out to perform for a few annas we gave up and, as she
kept up her chant told her to bugger off. Where she came from who knows for
other more definate locals were very boat friendly and certainly would not
stare through boat windows lest Barry had a word.
I wouldn't have said a thing!
Mind you, I DID have a word with a family who perched their daughter on the
front of my boat in order to take a picture! They were not put off at all by my
exploding out of the front doors to ask what the f**k they thought they were
doing??
Barry
Nb byinvitationonly
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