dimanche 16 août 2009

Sticky fingers

I'm stood in the Marais.  I have a beer waiting for me at a table, but it's getting warm while I speak on the phone to Florida Boy.  God bless him, he's trying to pretend that our conversation last week never happened.  Full marks for effort.

As I stand there next to the café, a woman and her daughter approach me.

The mother is around 70 years of age, a big lady but well dressed.  The daughter - around 35 years old.  She's wearing a lovely white dress with a purple floral print.  She has a purple short cardigan and the most amazing lilac silk platform pumps on her feet.

The pair of them are accompanied by a standard poodle.  White/blonde, the poodle is an elegant dog.  Not clipped or trimmed, but au naturel.  Nonetheless very elegant.

As they get close to me, the dog drops to its haunches and takes a dump.

I appreciate that this has to happen so, in itself, the act of the dog shitting doesn't really offend me.

However what happened after DID offend me.

The daughter bent down and picked up the dog shit.  She picked up all four/five pieces and took them over to, and dropped them into the nearest bin.

She did this totally bare-handed.  I mean really.  No glove, no bag, no nothing.

She then took out of her pocket a tissue.  She wiped the shit off her fingers onto the tissue and returned it to her pocket.

The mother turned to her.  She was clearly as amazed by this behaviour as the rest of the people in the street.

"You may have had a good education," she said in French to her daughter, " but you are a fucking idiot".

And with that, the daughter slapped her (with her shitty fingers) and walked off.

The dog, torn between the two of them, didn't know which way to go.

As the mother stood there crying, I ended my phone call and returned to my beer.

Really, some things you just couldn't make up.  

Nasty, nasty, nasty.

20 commentaires:

Swearing Mother a dit…

Was that harsh?

travelling, but not in love a dit…

Nope. Harsh but fair, I'd say.

How're you SM? Long time, no hear...

Henry North London 2.0 a dit…

Oh my That is weird. Completement fou.

Elle est folle n'est-ce pas?

La chienne!

Anonyme a dit…

the mind boggolates!

travelling, but not in love a dit…

Henry, long time no here from you too! Yes, it is disgusting. Horrible. She deserves the worms that she will no doubt get.

Big C, yep, boggolates indeed. Chocolate boggolates.

The Mutant a dit…

Um, at least she didn't leave it on the pavement for someone else to tread in?

Okay, no, scratch that - she's fucking gross. And I'm sure she'll make some poor, unsuspecting man very happy one day.

Unknown a dit…

the title is KILLER! eyeluvit! ;-)

meanwhile -- it is kind of gross.

A Lewis a dit…

Yeah, but the whole time you were wanting the lilac pumps....weren't you?

Anonyme a dit…

ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww



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Daryl a dit…

WOW ...

cb a dit…

Completement Bette! (sp)

you never got round to telling me about the shitty slap! Probably because I was giggling too hard at the "lady and the trump"

Anonyme a dit…

Ych a fi nasti pwp ci.
French all hat no knickers -init lol

Swearing Mother a dit…

I've been in a mood, so decided to keep myself to myself. Have been checking up on you regularly though.......

travelling, but not in love a dit…

Lewis, you know me too well....

Z, exactamundo!

D, yup, wow indeed...

travelling, but not in love a dit…

CB - ha, yep, the shitty slapper, ha ha.

LaTanya - I've seen photo's of you recently. You haven't.

VM, very ych a fi. Very.

Sweary - well, don't be so bloody moody and come join in!

Anonyme a dit…

Words fail....

aims a dit…

Where did you say you lived?

Henry North London 2.0 a dit…

I would expect this kind of behaviour in Toulouse La Ville en Marron but not in Paris

savannah a dit…

read this on my reader, but HAD to come and see what other reaction were, sugar! i literally said OUTLOUD, "oh.my.gawd." which of course, made the husband ask why and his reaction was why are you surprised? he's in paris, isn't he? ;~D xoxox

Louise a dit…

What a horrible person. My mind is having a tough time grasping someone so vile.