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My husband and I were walking to the grocery store earlier tonight. Down the sidewalk a ways in front of us, we could see a pair of late-teenage boys in football jerseys walking towards us. They were generally roughhousing a bit as they were walking, pushing each other into the bushes and such things (this is a residential street) as they laughed and had whatever lowbrow conversation they were having.
Both pairs of us fell into single file as we got near enough, so we could pass each other. As we did so, one of them said, loud enough for us to hear, but not apparently to anyone in particular, "'Allo, 'arry Potter!" Terrible accent included.
From the sounds of things, this utterance was a complete non sequitur. It had no precedent in their conversation and there was nothing about our appearance that would prompt such a remark (unless you count wearing black jeans and shirts).
My husband and I merely glanced at each other, eyebrows raised, as we stood abreast again. Apparently the young man's companion agreed that it had been a strange thing to say, because we heard him say laughingly behind us, "What the fuck did you just say?" and the first one replied, "I don't know..."
WTH?
Dude must have sensed it in my aura or something.
Both pairs of us fell into single file as we got near enough, so we could pass each other. As we did so, one of them said, loud enough for us to hear, but not apparently to anyone in particular, "'Allo, 'arry Potter!" Terrible accent included.
From the sounds of things, this utterance was a complete non sequitur. It had no precedent in their conversation and there was nothing about our appearance that would prompt such a remark (unless you count wearing black jeans and shirts).
My husband and I merely glanced at each other, eyebrows raised, as we stood abreast again. Apparently the young man's companion agreed that it had been a strange thing to say, because we heard him say laughingly behind us, "What the fuck did you just say?" and the first one replied, "I don't know..."
WTH?
Dude must have sensed it in my aura or something.
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Date: December 8th, 2008 06:09 pm (UTC)From:lol.