Remember the 1990's?!
Browsing through the £1 rack at my favourite charity shop a few weeks ago I came across something that took me back almost 20 years...how I loved this jersey then...so of course I bought it now!!!
After lovingly washing it (well, I put it in the machine on the handwash cycle with Woolite) I took a photo of it, carefully folded it, took a photo and it's now at the back of my wardrobe- possibly never to be seen again in this lifetime. Isn't it funny how the strangest things trigger the biggest memories? I've had flashbacks for weeks now- brought on by sheep's fur!
I thought I'd put this on but it turns out I haven't. What a cool and thoughtful gift- the very best kind!
Okay. Have just returned from town and sat across from a fat man snoring for about 15 minutes. Let's go though snoring before I get into any more detail:
Soft snoring: when, on occasion, a woman does snore, it is usually a soft snore. This snore is very quiet, almost imperceivable and happens most often with babies. It's usually cute and does not warrant a poke to wake the offender up as they most often stop when they move or (are gently) moved.
Then there is a soft/wake up snore- when you fall asleep in a public place / meeting / conference / training session and your snore is loud enough to wake you up- if you look closely you will see your neighbour smirking even if they don't know you and especially if they do. The last time this happened to me I was on a fire safety training course and the man presenting (droning on) was so incredibly boring I kept nodding off despite being quite excited about a day out of the office! I finally had to excuse myself to get a drink, walk about the streets for 15 minutes and return when I saw him leave the building!
Snoring: the offender doesn't usually stop when they flip to the other side of their body and the snoring continues throughout the night but it's not really a good excuse to move to another room...this noise can take some getting used to but one does develop an immunity to it after half a lifetime of sleeping next to it.
Spouse/Parent snore: okay, this is almost the worst there is. Throwing things at the offender doesn't work. Waking them and/or threatening them doesn't work. Changing rooms doesn't work (you have to move to the house next door to rid yourself or the noise). The only thing that works when this kind of snoring starts is turning on some other noise to block the sound out- a tv or radio does the trick for me- and has been known to stop the snoring in its tracks- just don't turn it off as the snoring will return!
So. Today on the tube there was a fat man snoring. He was doing a Spouse snore and he wasn't even my husband; it was loud, it was long and it didn't stop for love nor money. Everyone in the carriage was laughing- some giggling, some smirking; I had a smirk followed by a giggle followed by a full on loud laugh- i just couldn't contain myself. And he snored on. He woke 2 stops from the end but quickly fell asleep again and the snoring resumed. I snuck a look at the horrified man who sat beside him and laughed out loud again.
I was a bit embarrassed - but I couldn't stop laughing. What does one do in these situations in London? It was obvious I was laughing at him snoring and I would hasten a guess that my laughing sent the message to others that it's okay to laugh out loud...but is it? The carriage was full, probably about 50 people in all- and we shared a laugh. Who says Londoners aren't friendly?! Tube etiquette went right out the window today.
Remember the 1990's?!
