Saturday 27 June 2009

I'm not racist but…

I have a fear that where I live is quite typical of most towns in the UK. I can walk down any busy street, go into any busy shop, and hardly hear a word of English. Any time you go to a food outlet you struggle to make your order understood. Late last night I was on my way home and walking out of town when I came across two gentlemen who had some enquiries regarding the location of establishments where they could exchange legal tender for a chance to view the exposed breasts of young ladies. The strange thing? After flagging me down their first slurred words were not "Oi mate…where's the titty bars at?" but "Oi mate…do you speak English?"

2 comments:

Beastinblack said...

Complete and utter ditto. I have that problem even with people who do speak english :)

indigo said...

just so you know, barring the odd clump of spanish exchange students milling around town, i don't that find this is the case where i live (in bristol), but i certainly did in london.