{"id":29,"date":"2005-09-09T13:39:00","date_gmt":"2005-09-09T12:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.weirdbutinagoodway.co.uk\/blog\/2005\/09\/09\/lunch-with-strange-men-and-stranger-bystanders\/"},"modified":"2009-01-05T11:23:16","modified_gmt":"2009-01-05T10:23:16","slug":"lunch-with-strange-men-and-stranger-bystanders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.weirdbutinagoodway.co.uk\/blog\/2005\/09\/09\/lunch-with-strange-men-and-stranger-bystanders\/","title":{"rendered":"Lunch with strange men and stranger bystanders…"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was off work today and had arranged to meet my friend Richard at 12:30 for lunch. So as I had nothing better to do after I’d dropped my son at school, I took myself off to the City Centre early, tucked myself into a corner of the Varsity with a couple of books and probably an unhealthy ammount of coffee to sit and wait.<\/p>\n

I made a sorry sight sitting there all by myself I know, but I dont care I was enjoying myself. Richard arrived a few minutes late after having a fight with a unhelpful cash machine and then a horrid bank teller who basically admitted the people in the bank had lied to him the week before, but I didn’t mind as I was quite enjoying my book so the wait just gave me chance to finish a few more pages.<\/p>\n

Richard arrived, we ate then he left me to my book again, at which point Al (another friend) rang to say he was on his way round from work so I got another drink in and sat, and read and waited. He came we chatted and then noticing the time we both left, him to return to work and me to get Jordan from school.<\/p>\n

Now having explained my day I’d just like to say to the graduate and her family that were seated at the table opposite, sitting alone reading in a bar does not make me strange so I dont know what the funny looks were for, and I am allowed more than ONE male friend so the comment ” What would have happened if he’d have arrived 10 minutes earlier and her boyfriend was still here” that I over heard was totally uncalled for as I am very much SINGLE and I even if I wasn’t they could have met each other, and would have if Al wasn’t delayed in work, because they are both JUST FRIENDS…<\/p>\n

…some people need to lift their minds out of the gutter…of stop judging other people by their own morals and standard!!!<\/p>\n

P.S. To anyone that cares I had a cigarette today…well half of one then realised what i was doing and put it out. I should have told more people I was quitting then they wouldn’t have offered me one…..COME ON DONT ROLL YOUR EYES ATME half a ciggy since Monday I think I’m doing ok<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was off work today and had arranged to meet my friend Richard at 12:30 for lunch. 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