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cwasin Sat 16-Mar-19 09:44:49

I was in our local bread shop buying a wholemeal loaf. The assistant went to the back of the shop to get it sliced for me and the other assistant came out, looked at the very enormously tall young man next to me and asked, “Are you together.” Quick as a flash I put my hand on his arm and said, “Darling, we’ve been discovered.” He looked at me aghast, and I giggled naughtily. The assistant started giggling too. He said, “This is like being in a sitcom!” And he too started laughing.It was a lovely little moment in my day. When I told DH he laughed and said he wished he’d been there to see it. I wonder if the young man told his wife/girlfriend/significant other about it when he got home. smile. Have you had a good laugh lately with someone you’ve never met before?

lovebeigecardigans1955 Sat 16-Mar-19 09:47:07

Nothing comes to mind but how quick thinking of you. We all need a chuckle sometimes.

Urmstongran Sat 16-Mar-19 10:16:11

Love it cwasin! Very witty!

My mum had a great sense of humour. When she was in hospital one time she was on a gurney in a huge theatre lift with a porter and two doctors.

In the silence that developed (as it does) mum told me that she brought up the care in the NHS and said she ought to write in to the hospital board but she wasn’t very good at spelling. The porter said he couldn’t spell either. Mum piped up “well how DO you spell. ‘b*****ds’ anyway?”

She said everyone was laughing so much at that as the lift doors opened and the people standing there looked so puzzled which made them laugh all the more!

EllanVannin Sat 16-Mar-19 14:03:31

My dear late friend and I used to have great fun with strangers, especially when we went on our coach trips. By the end of our hols. everyone knew us as we'd really left our marks. It helped shorten the distances that we travelled.

I miss those days. We got up to all sorts.

Grammaretto Sat 16-Mar-19 18:46:53

Not as quick witted as you but I love chatting to strangers on long bus trips. Last week I met an old lady older than me who told me her fascinating life story. I felt I could write a novel.

bikergran Sat 16-Mar-19 18:52:35

At the moment in our supermarket we have to ask for Postcodes (its to see how far people are traveling to come to ours)

I regular came to my checkout whom I have a chat with ,
at the end I asked "would you like to give your postcode"?

I said "Its ok Im not going to follow you home"!

He said "It's ok you can do"!! blush