peoples reactions

[hairy]

I was out and about in great weather today with my wife, I was wearing an above knee skirt. Went into a garden centre and had plenty of sniggers from people that were old enough to know better. Two stupid women in their 70s openly having a laugh but too far away for me to say anything to them. Men and women in the distance clearly saying things to each other. We then drove about 3 miles to another centre and the people were so totally different, I know they looked at me but that's all they did, I didn't get any bad vibes there. I often have people behave differently from town to town but this was such a short distance from one centre to the other.

[dillon]

I've seen laughter, but was never sure it was at me. Usually some woman who seemed to have been drinking. I think they find themselves prettier when drunk. I would not have given her a look.

[Caultron]

What makes you sure the sniggers and laughter at the garden center were about you?

[hairy]

Dillon, there was no way there legs could have looked pretty, you should have seen the state of their faces.
Caultron, Their laughing certainly was about about me. One of the women turned and stopped laughing when I looked at them, the other one was too slow but stopped laughing. Older women are certainly the worse, maybe they never HAD good legs. It didn't put me out, but just 3 miles away everyone was so much nicer and I'm wondering if I got preferential treatment because I was skirted, I certainly won't be forgotten there. Hopefully out skirting again today, and forgot to say I've felt really free this week because I've been out on motorbike skirted.

[denimini]

I am sure I have had giggles and laughter, but I never assume it is towards me as most are too "courteous" to do so to one's face. If so, I think it is nice to brighten up someones day, usually those without much of a life of their own.

[Caultron]

...Caultron, Their laughing certainly was about about me. One of the women turned and stopped laughing when I looked at them, the other one was too slow but stopped laughing. Older women are certainly the worse, maybe they never HAD good legs....

Well, you can't please all the people all the time. Maybe they were just out to have a good time people-watching. And who knows who else they singled out?

But it sounds like you didn't let it get to you and that's the important part.

...I've felt really free this week because I've been out on motorbike skirted.

Sounds precarious but other people do it so I guess there's a way. Have fun!

[Taj]

Sometimes people have an odd sense of humor that would relate to a subject, but not in the way one would think. My wife and I had a great laugh over the weekend deciding a preference for a favorite tattoo that neither one of us would ever get. I decided that I wouldn't get a dragon tattoo around my wrist while she wouldn't get a Paisley design on her ankle. We weren't laughing at people's tattoos, but at the absurdities of our efforts. We annoyed her kid one day by driving around town admiring strings of unlit Christmas lights. You never know what some oddball is laughing at.

[Caultron]

Sometimes people have an odd sense of humor that would relate to a subject, but not in the way one would think. My wife and I had a great laugh over the weekend deciding a preference for a favorite tattoo that neither one of us would ever get. I decided that I wouldn't get a dragon tattoo around my wrist while she wouldn't get a Paisley design on her ankle. We weren't laughing at people's tattoos, but at the absurdities of our efforts. We annoyed her kid one day by driving around town admiring strings of unlit Christmas lights. You never know what some oddball is laughing at.

Try emptying a bottle of Windex, rinsing it, refilling it with blue Gatorade, and then drinking it in public.

Mayonnaise jars full of pudding or yogurt can be fun too.

As are Tabasco bottles full of tomato juice.

If you're standing at the front of an elevator, turn around, face the other passengers, raise your arms, and tell them, "Now, don't worry; everything is going to be fine."

Ask someone what year it is and when they tell you, raise your arms, start jumping up and down, and scream, "Yes! Yes! Yes!"

Get close to someone and when they notice you, raise an eyebrow, look directly into their eyes, and quietly tell them, "I'm Batman."

When you catch someone looking at you, ask them, "Do you always dress like that?" and then after giving them a moment just keep going.

[Taj]

Caultron, I love the last one and may get some mileage out of it.

[Fred in Skirts]

Try emptying a bottle of Windex, rinsing it, refilling it with blue Gatorade, and then drinking it in public.

Mayonnaise jars full of pudding or yogurt can be fun too.

As are Tabasco bottles full of tomato juice.

If you're standing at the front of an elevator, turn around, face the other passengers, raise your arms, and tell them, "Now, don't worry; everything is going to be fine."

Ask someone what year it is and when they tell you, raise your arms, start jumping up and down, and scream, "Yes! Yes! Yes!"

Get close to someone and when they notice you, raise an eyebrow, look directly into their eyes, and quietly tell them, "I'm Batman."

When you catch someone looking at you, ask them, "Do you always dress like that?" and then after giving them a moment just keep going.

Man I almost completely lost it when I read these. Where do you come up with them?

Fred

[dillon]

Try emptying a bottle of Windex, rinsing it, refilling it with blue Gatorade, and then drinking it in public.

Mayonnaise jars full of pudding or yogurt can be fun too.

As are Tabasco bottles full of tomato juice.

If you're standing at the front of an elevator, turn around, face the other passengers, raise your arms, and tell them, "Now, don't worry; everything is going to be fine."

Ask someone what year it is and when they tell you, raise your arms, start jumping up and down, and scream, "Yes! Yes! Yes!"

Get close to someone and when they notice you, raise an eyebrow, look directly into their eyes, and quietly tell them, "I'm Batman."

When you catch someone looking at you, ask them, "Do you always dress like that?" and then after giving them a moment just keep going.

Man I almost completely lost it when I read these. Where do you come up with them?

Fred

Stuff an empty toothpaste tube with cream cheese and pureed chives, then walk around squirting it on a cracker and eating it. (Cracker = biscuit, for you in the UK)

[Fred in Skirts]

Stuff an empty toothpaste tube with cream cheese and pureed chives, then walk around squirting it on a cracker and eating it.

These keep getting better with each one..

Fred

[dillon]

Well, my kid is telling me she thinks cookies are UK biscuits. Maybe, I don't really know. All I know is ain't neither of them biscuits in this part of the world.

[Disaffected.citizen]

Well, my kid is telling me she thinks cookies are UK biscuits. Maybe, I don't really know. All I know is ain't neither of them biscuits in this part of the world.

We use biscuit, cracker and, for certain specifics, cookie in the UK. Biscuit is a generic that is used for both sweet and savoury, cracker is specifically for savoury (particularly cheese) and cookie seems to have been imported from you guys; we have a brand named "Maryland Cookies" that led a particular type of sweet biscuit. Our language keeps evolving; sometimes it's difficult to keep up!

[Caultron]

Man I almost completely lost it when I read these. Where do you come up with them?

It helps to be demented.

But actually, I came across a list of these some time ago and some of them just stay with me.

You and a friend are in a crowded elevator, and you ask him in a loud voice, "So that thing you've got, I guess it's pretty contagious, huh?"

While facing everyone from the front of an elevator, say, "No doubt you're all wondering why I called you here."

Show people your driver's license and demand to know 'whether they've seen this man.'

Go to any public place, shout, "Bees! Bees!" and swat about madly.

Go with friends to anywhere with soft slow background music, shout, "Mosh pit!" and take it from there.

While riding any public transportation, turn to your friend and ask, " You armed it, right?"

Try to start a sing-along.

Call a pizza joint and order a Big Mac Value Meal.

Beg someone not to sit on you.

Wait for the elevator to come without pressing the button.

Ask people if they're a man or woman. Especially in the men's room. In North Carolina.

Just google, "how to freak people out," and you'll get a million of them. Mostly tasteless. Well, OK, all tasteless. Just don't do anything drastic.