Ladies be careful! (Lounged)

[Dulwich_ Park_ Fairy]

I think the main lesson to be learnt from this thread is that if you are being followed don't leave a very busy street (in the middle of rush hour) for a pretty much deserted one. Be safe ladies.

[Brendan]

And don?t trust people with suitcases.

[Keef]

Especially if they're wearing shorts and have south african accents!

[Lizziedjango]

Moos - thank you for your considered question. No I am not suggesting the person in question was 'wrong to feel afraid'. I am just wondering if she would have felt AS afraid if the chap had been very good looking/young/white? I think that is also Honk's point (the pointing out of the man's colour).

Matthew123 "Lizziedjango it is completely different what happened, see original post. If this "admirer" has later followed you down a side street and said 'dont be scared' and then met each one of your side steps to pin you into a corner would you have taken it so easily? Of course not."

Yes, you are right Matthew. I would have been afraid if that had happened. I am sorry that the person in question had that encounter, but thankfully nothing more menacing happened.

[charliecharlie]

:)Tony.London Suburbs Wrote:

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> charliecharlie Wrote:

> .. and one of my all time favorite past times is

> laughter,

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> One of your "past" times??

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> Isn't laughter one of your Pastimes anymore?:))

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> Sorry:)-D

>

> I'm not really pedantic.

> In fact I never even mentioned Sean's spelling of

> Calibre, immediately below...::o

oh the joys of dyslexia... but you get what I mean:)

[TillieTrotter]

Alls well that ends well. Let's put this one to bed now.:))

[Tony.London Suburbs]

TillieTrotter Wrote:

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> Alls well that ends well. Let's put this one to

> bed now.:))

Are you saying that its Much Ado About Nothing TT?

[TillieTrotter]

I believe that was my mate Willy who said that actually Tone;-)

[Tony.London Suburbs]

TillieTrotter Wrote:

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> I believe that was my mate Willy who said that

> actually Tone;-)

As you like it TT, this all seems a Comedy of Errors about a Fellow carrying a suitcase...:)

[charliecharlie]

Tony.London Suburbs Wrote:

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> TillieTrotter Wrote:

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> > I believe that was my mate Willy who said that

> > actually Tone;-)

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> As you like it TT, this all seems a Comedy of

> Errors about a Fellow carrying a suitcase...:)

TLS, are you one of the Two (remaining) Gentlmen of East Dulwich? or is this just another Winter's Tale?

[Administrator]

Moving this to the Lounge now.

[halicon]

-- moved topic --

[Keef]

Hey nonny nonny. :)-D

[Tony.London Suburbs]

charliecharlie wrote:

TLS, are you one of the Two (remaining) Gentlmen of East Dulwich? or is this just another Winter's Tale?

:))

Actually this is one Antony that took his Clepatra away from The Hamlet that is Dulwich to become a Merchant of Bexley.

p.s.My Cleopatra still has the needle over it, though:)

[andy&kez]

So thats were I have been going wrong in the past. If I gave a lady a compliment I would have been regarded as a nut job....Just as well my girlfriend takes compliments well.

I would like to raise one point. If the guy was a danger why would he be running around with a wheely suitcase, isnt it not a bit of a hinderance?!

[Brendan]

Oh so it?s the compliments that scare them off. And there was me thinking it was the whole no trousers thing.

[Moos]

Argh, is this thread still going?!

Oh hang on, that was me.

[LegalEagle-ish]

This thread made me laugh a bit and as a woman who often wanders around day dreaming alone at all hours of the night and day, I admit I may not have been quite so worried about some over enthusiastic guy running after me with a suitcase to complement my boots - unless the suitcase was particularly large and he was waving a stun gun or something.

So just because I know you all love salacious stories I thought I'd tell you of my own rather scary experience last week when I was on a prison visit in Pentonville to get initial instructions from a mild mannered young client.

My boss was also on a visit to the same prison and was interviewing a huge, body builder type guy in the interview room opposite mine they have big windows so everyone can see everyone else in their interview rooms).

After we had both finished our interviews, I was explaining to my client what I was going to do next on his behalf as my boss walked down the corridor and around the corner to where the guards were sitting. I turned around to open the door to leave the interview room when my boss's huge client opened and leaned through the door with an excited glint in his eyes. "you look hot babes (he must have been in for a long time!) let me have your number".

I looked around for back-up and saw all the other interview rooms were empty and no-one else was in the corridor.

I (outwardly) calmly gathered my stuff and exclaimed "sorry mate, I'm engaged to be married".

Then stepped towards him as he was blocking the door and said "excuse me, I need to get back to my office now" and amazingly this scary looking wild eyed dude stepped to the side as I glided past him and down the corridor, round the corner to the safety of other people!

Once the threat had passed, I told myself I'd probably over-reacted and he was maybe just beeing cheeky (and desperate), until my boss informed me that he was in for false imprisonment and beating up his girlfriend! Lovey!

[Brendan]

Chav, is that you?

[LegalEagle-ish]

Shhh, I'm undercover!

[SeanMacGabhann]

sorry Bren - forgot you were away for a while - yep - CWALD had a name change (ish)

LE - now that does sound scary

[LegalEagle-ish]

He was about 6'5 and solid muscle!

Not sure if the two fat old guards could have had him if he'd decided to be naughty - or even been quick enough to have caught him in the act of anything bad he'd decided to do.

He was rude and arrogant to my (male) boss too - which really makes you want to help a chap with his case, doesn't it?

[Keef]

He was about 6'5 and solid muscle!

That just made me think of "Land downunder" (although I think he was 6'4) :-S

[Tony.London Suburbs]

6'5 Solid Muscle, Easy Action..

[Sarah J.]

Some of the humorous comments on here were perhaps slightly in bad taste. Being followed is terribly frightening.Back in Australia, I was stalked by a man for 3 months, so I know how utterly terrifying it can be to be approached by a stranger, or indeed, someone whom you are acquainted with.

There is now not a day that goes by that I don't check behind me when I am walking to see if I am being followed; and I always make a mental plan of what I would do if I were to be confronted by someone again. I will not walk in the dark by myself anymore either; I just feel too unsafe.

Making a joke out of something bad is fine, and can lift the mood. I just don't feel that this is one of those times.

I hope your friend is alright, halicon. :) and feeling safe and confident trudging the streets again.