Another Theatrical 'bit Of A Rant'

[sunny-dave]

Great afternoon - got last minute tickets for I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue - ribs still hurting from laughing.

So why the rant?

Well ... I'm not a small bloke, so I sort of expect to be able to use all of my own seat. Which I was doing until the neighbouring seat was filled (and I mean filled) by a barrage balloon in female form.

Which then expanded over/under/round the dividing arm, into what I had fondly been regarding as my personal space.

I haven't sat so intimately close to a stranger for quite a while - every time she laughed my ribs went in and out too.

It wasn't nice & I just don't think it was fair or acceptable - at the very least she should have been on the end of a row, with room to expand into the aisle.

I should point out that the seats at the Hippo in Brum are actually a decent size - there was a decorous inch or two of space between me and my other (not small) neighbour.

I took action at half-time - building a wall under the seat arm with a borrowed bag and a couple of programmes - which caused some huffing and puffing from the whale, but preserved my privacy a bit.

Rant over

slightly squashed dave xx

[Sipowicz]

Is she your latest squeeze? ;-)

[anneasquith]

I can understand your frustration, but a bit unkind to call her a whale .

[excelsior-1]

hello dave

so, you encountered a hippo at the hippo

[tonyav]

Thar she blows.

[sunny-dave]

V good excel - worthy of ISIHAC :)

[Zacs-Master]

Maybe there should be a Q which asks "are you. Abig bloke / are u a big woman" and Then they don't needs to sit u together. Alternatively u could find a planet where people are an 'average' size.

[Butterbun]

LOL.

[sunny-dave]

My tongue is (sort of) in my cheek - it didn't spoil the afternoon :)

[Psybbo]

She was only trying to be friendly, Dave

[Tilly2]

It could have been worse, dave. You could have been on a trans-Atlantic plane journey.

[sunny-dave]

Indeed Tilly - although there is some protection on planes.

I always pay extra for an exit row seat (for the legroom) & people with 'obesity impaired mobility' (aka fat gits) aren't allowed in those rows.

[jim360]

How appropriate that you were both squeezed together in the Hippo!

[tonyav]

She must have been after something, Dave, they always are when their all over you.

[sunny-dave]

Any nearer and she have told which side I dressed ...

[Psybbo]

Eh????

[tonyav]

LOL, Dave thats between you and your tailor !.

[gness]

Dave has a tailor??????? sorry....couldn't resist and tall people should sit in the back row while we're grumping.......☺

[sunny-dave]

Yep - they should, gness - or on the very outside end - I'd hate to be sat behind you ... :)

[gness]

Dave.....you wouldn't dare sit behind me.......☻☻☻

[catswhiskas]

Oh dear ! Lol