The Two Minutes Silence

[mikey4444]

Its was all going very well in Sainsburys this morning...everybody stood still and quite and looked thoughtful.

Until, that is, some idiot womans Mobile went off, Instead of stifling it and looking sheepish, she answered it and told whoever it was that "I can't talk much now, as we are being silent in Sainsburys"

She then proceeded to carry on talking, at a volume that everybody else could hear ( which wasn't difficult as it was the only noise in the shop, bar the 'fridges )

Any idea what the current rate is for strangulation these days ?

[vulcan42]

The silence is not a recent thing, back in the twenties everybody stopped, even traffic stopped and the drivers got out and stood. Hospitals, courtrooms all became still and a lot of people wore black.

[mikey4444]

murraymints...lovely story and it kind of balances out my experience. I am sure that what I witnessed today was a rare event. But it upset me quite a bit.

[Elina]

I was on the bus today & it stopped & me & the driver observed the silence. I thought of my great uncle Tony buried in Ranville war cemetery in France.

[DTCwordfan]

It was a crass thing to do on her part.

Any verbal lashing could be seen as threatening behaviour, that's why. Unfortunately folk are too molly-cuddled and sensitive these days.....as wit many a thread on here about similar incidents where folk just don't think and then react when 'scolded.'

[murraymints]

it would have left me rather miffed too Mikey !

[clara55]

awful just awful and so disrespectful

[Zeuhl]

/The silence is not a recent thing, back in the twenties everybody stopped/

that may be so post WW1

but i don't think that happened post WW2 until the last ten years or so

maybe it's a Brize Norton effect?

[EDDIE51]

Reminds me of years ago when I was in school assembly for remembrance day. As we were observing the 2 min silence someone suddenly let out a loud fart. Even the teachers were struggling not to laugh.

[zebo]

I once had a couple in the classroom for a Parents' Consultation when his phone rang. He stood up, walked over to the window and proceeded to arrange a golf game for the weekend, among other things, he then expected me to repeat what I'd told his wife. Because I refused, time constraints etc, he complained to the Head that I'd been rude. Luckily, I was able to give the Head an outline of the call and it went no further.

[mikey4444]

Eddie...its well known that farts have no consciences !