were out and about in London
at the pedestrian crossing we waited until the cars had stopped and the man turned green, by which time a crowd of impatient pedestrians had formed
the cyclist - a man in his sixties - nearly ran us over because he was busy on his phone and hadn't noticed the lights
a woman crossing with us said angry things to him
mum thought people should take a more compassionate view
there must've been something wrong with him - didn't you see he was talking to himself
Böögg!
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I’d almost be willing to post Claire Moses’ NY Times story (archived) just
for the bare existence of the word Böögg, but I’ll use the proposed
etymology in...
3 hours ago
I still think it's nice to think the best of people! Bless your mum! Let's pretend the cyclist was talking to himself.
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