{"id":630,"date":"2008-07-09T20:41:36","date_gmt":"2008-07-09T19:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/?p=630"},"modified":"2008-07-09T21:54:02","modified_gmt":"2008-07-09T20:54:02","slug":"sometimes-being-in-london-is-brilliant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/?p=630","title":{"rendered":"Sometimes being in London is *brilliant!*"},"content":{"rendered":"

And today is not one of those times<\/em><\/p>\n

Look, if just one more person says that my expression resembles that of Eyore I’m going to take that folding clothes horse and ram it right up their arse.<\/p>\n

OK?<\/p>\n

It’s raning.<\/p>\n

Actually no, it’s absolutely pouring down.<\/p>\n

It has been since about 04.30 – it’s now 20.30.<\/p>\n

And people get more… antsy when it’s a day of heavy rain, such as today.<\/p>\n

But that’s not why I’ve got it down on this place.<\/p>\n

Did you know (you probably do) that London is full of rushing people?<\/p>\n

I don’t suppose half of them could explain why they’re rushing, they just are. It’s sheep-like behaviour.<\/p>\n

A large number of people have a sort of ‘hunted’ look in their eyes, it’s very noticeable as they dash about, rushing somewhere for no good reason.<\/p>\n

But that’s not why I’ve got it down on London.<\/p>\n

But when I was standing on the underground platform at St James’ Park station this evening I got totalled.<\/p>\n

Not, as it stands, a good enough reason to be quite as grumpy as I feel.<\/p>\n

However the guy who totalled me was blind.<\/p>\n

White stick, no vision – I’ve been around blind people professionally in my social work days, I know a blind person when I see one.<\/p>\n

He came down the steps at a jog and then – I’m not exaggerating – ran across the platform towards the underground train.<\/p>\n

Ran across the platform straight in to my back.<\/p>\n

I should be good here and say how brave he is, to have been running when he was unsighted.<\/p>\n

Bollocks to that.<\/p>\n

You wouldn’t put a blind person at the wheel of a car and tell them to drive fast down Victoria Street would you?<\/p>\n

No – and you wouldn’t allow anyone to do that either.<\/p>\n

But this blind running dude, that’s fucking dangerous behaviour.<\/p>\n

Fortunately the person he totalled wasn’t a frail old lady with her bag-on-wheels.<\/p>\n

It was me.<\/p>\n

I helped the guy to his feet – he fair canoned right off me.<\/p>\n

But that’s not the point.<\/p>\n

The point is he was a fucking dangerous twat.<\/p>\n

And that’s why I’m so grumpy.<\/p>\n

Because I feel uncomfortable because a disabled person was such a twat.<\/p>\n

So I’ve been comfort eating.<\/p>\n

A pot noodle and a Cadbury’s Caramel.<\/p>\n

And do you know what?<\/p>\n

I don’t feel any better.<\/p>\n

B<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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