Meade's Ball
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Here's the scene:
I'm 28 years old and am cycling with a couple of female friends in Victoria Park, East London, on Saturday afternoon. The sun is shining, but there is an occasional chill in the air.
When we get into the park, a gang of bicycle-riding boys (ages 11-14) start to call me names. Fatty Bighead, The Cow, Bumblebee.
Now, i'm not exactly svelt, but neither am i a flabby colossus. They soon moved on to mimicking my every reply. I tried to answer wittily and keep my language clean, but their sheer number and the excellence of their mockery over-powered me. In the end, they accused me of being a virgin. All i could think to do to refute this claim was to invent a wife. They pretty much left me alone when i told them that this imaginary spouse had died recently. Although, their cries of Fatty Bighead could still be heard some distance away.
What else could i have done? I can't hit kids can i? I'm not the violent type anyway. Is there a correct etiquette?
I'm 28 years old and am cycling with a couple of female friends in Victoria Park, East London, on Saturday afternoon. The sun is shining, but there is an occasional chill in the air.
When we get into the park, a gang of bicycle-riding boys (ages 11-14) start to call me names. Fatty Bighead, The Cow, Bumblebee.
Now, i'm not exactly svelt, but neither am i a flabby colossus. They soon moved on to mimicking my every reply. I tried to answer wittily and keep my language clean, but their sheer number and the excellence of their mockery over-powered me. In the end, they accused me of being a virgin. All i could think to do to refute this claim was to invent a wife. They pretty much left me alone when i told them that this imaginary spouse had died recently. Although, their cries of Fatty Bighead could still be heard some distance away.
What else could i have done? I can't hit kids can i? I'm not the violent type anyway. Is there a correct etiquette?