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Obviously, he should have kept his opinions to himself, but, Isn't personal grooming something you do on your own?
Maybe its just me, but I would rather people sat quietly and looked out of the window and didnt apply deodorant, perfume, nail polish, make up, do their hair, change their tops, or describe their ailments loudly.
hedda wrote: the world is going to Hell in a Hand Basket and people are worried about peeps putting on make-up?
chaps..you don't think you are being a tad prudish?
Honestly this is the type of thing Outraged of Tunbridge Wells writes a letter to the Times about (in green ink).
I must be growing into O of TW as I get older. Although, I hadn't given it much thought before.
I did have a similar moment in Asda cafe the other week.
I had just reached the most secluded table when I tripped and sent my whole cup of tea flying. I muttered "Oh shit" and a man who was behind me commented that it wasn't very ladylike.
I agreed, and pointed out that I was in good company because if he was a gentleman he would have pretended not to hear, and we had a good laugh about it.
I was once arrested coming out of The Marquee in Soho for allegedly drunken driving as I crammed about 6 people into my Mini.
At the police station a blood test proved negative but I was quite a hit with my eye-shadow and rouge..mind you , lots of sniggers from various coppers but an admiti9ng glance from a couple (male)
# this reminds me of when I ran a gay bookshop in Notting Hill for a friend while he was in jail for tax evasion. He said the coppers will arrive once every 2/3 months and confiscate all the magazines..apart from giving me instructions how to replenish the stock ( Richard Desmond's East End printing press) he said you will notice a couple of the cops will come back in civvies and watch the porno films and buy a few gay magazine..Men In Leather was popular and lo & behold they did.
The thing is, I'm from an era (1920s) where a lady putting on make-up was de rigueur and reasonably glamorous..in a nightclub, on the buses etc.. I mean look at a few 1940s Hollywood movies with the moist glamorous female stars as they touch up their make-up on camera.
I mean really, really..perhaps she was late for a job interview or something and hadn't had time at home.
This has to be so pompously British but the real crime here is..she was obviously in Cattle Class with the plebs. You would never get such recriminations in First.
Barney wrote: "Life isn't about finding yourself, it's about creating yourself"
Another bit of GBS advice
Too many wait so long for their 'find'
Often, it then becomes too late
- Why didn't I do that
- If only etc...
I agree that there is no point in regrets, except to remember that you are more likely to regret what you havent done rather than what you have.
I dont agree with creating yourself though, beyond being aware of negative influences and removing them if it isn't what you want to be.
Changes occur naturally as we go, and I think although we do have to "find ourselves" in the sense of separating our own wishes and beliefs from those imposed by family and society, once you know who you are, then just be yourself joyously.
Sod creating. You are already good enough. Just be!
Oh it does, and its a choice. Of course we are not going to be delirious with joy the whole time, but we can choose to take what comes, and make the best of what we have.
Oh it does, and its a choice. Of course we are not going to be delirious with joy the whole time, but we can choose to take what comes, and make the best of what we have.
Happiness is in the heart....some find it,others do not....well said Honey.
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Although, I hadn't given it much thought before.
