Jun 12 2006
side stepping
While people watching alone on the balcony at Neumo’s a guy stood ‘next’ to me. Actually about six feet away. Um no, five feet away. Or is that four feet away…. ….his slow side-stepping towards me was a tad CREEPY and mildly funny… …when 2 feet away…
guy: “Have we met before?”
wendy: that’s an original opening question. Naturally, I wasn’t expecting the Spanish Inquisition. Do I know him? “I don’t think so“, darn, I wish I’d said something witty and engaging.
guy: “what’s your name?”
wendy: pauses to choose real or fake name. Because he’s a bit creepy like the nudge-nudge man, I choose the fake name “Wendy”
guy: “No, I don’t know you” walks away. A well delivered punchline.
later, between band performances
guy: returns and nudges me twice in the arm…. …I nearly choked on my beer….
Now imagine the above conversation with the ’guy’ played hammily by Eric Idle with an outrageous (US) accent and Wendy played by John Cleese with a plummy British accent, wearing a dress, bowler hat and smoking a pipe.
Can you see it?
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