Comedy/Embarassing Incident on Train

[Jezston]

So there's an older chap who I often see on the train on my commute. 60-something, rides an old tourer with panniers, dynamo lights etc, obviously a well loved workhorse, and he's a friendly guy too - always keen to chat (if he is a little hard of hearing) and whatnot. And nothing wrong with that.

However it is often amusing how expressions that may seem so innocent to an older generation are so loaded with innuendo to those below. Now all the questions about my horn (I have an Airzound and he's keen on getting one) were too obvious to raise a snigger, however it was as the train was pulling into our mutual destination and people were crowding around us by the exit doors of the carriage that he decided to loudly state "Your helmet is magnificent!".

Fortunately for his sake he was facing away from the small crowd of people who were straining to contain their cringes and laughter.

 

[Armegatron]

"Your helmet is magnificent!" - Class

 

[JamesAC]

I'm 60-something.

My helmet is quite magnificent, though a little worn. I don't have a horn, though: I used to have one, but a lady cyclist had it.

 

[JamesAC]

And don't you kid yourself, Jezston .. all the things you are discovering today we "60-somethings" discovered decades ago.

The thing is, as an old(er) geeza, I can get away with an apparently innocent expression that would have got a slap in the face 40 years ago (sigh).

 

[fossyant]

The thing is, as an old(er) geeza, I can get away with an apparently innocent expression that would have got a slap in the face 40 years ago (sigh).

Crafty old buggers !

 

[StuartG]

You are right! It is been sometime since I've been slapped. Must try harder - errr, oh dear ...

 

[Tharg2007]

lucky he didn't follow it with "give me a toot on your horn"

 

[Sh4rkyBloke]

You should ask him if he has any issues getting his leg over for a nice ride at his age.... obviously when there's a crowd around on the train.

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

thats brilliant !
So Funny

 

[thomas]

At least he didn't ask for a recommendation for Lube

 

[StuartG]

lucky he didn't follow it with "give me a toot on your horn"

I kid you not but someone even older than me insisted this was put on their site last week: http://tootingrotaryclub.org.uk/

Tonight's FNTttC maybe going passed their front door.

 

[Jezston]

Would it be a faux pas for me to quote the chap in my sig? Technically it could count as quoting myself in my own sig which I understad is usually frowned upon on the interwebs.

Actually, I'd quite like it if one of the mods were to replace my 'Member' under my username with something related

 

[Sh4rkyBloke]

Your helmet is magnificent!

There you go, you can quote me now.

 

[Rhythm Thief]

"Your helmet is magnificent!".

There you are.

 

[661-Pete]

I shall be a sixty-something in a few weeks' time.

Perhaps the young 'uns and whippersnappers here oughtn't to be making assumptions about what we sixty-somethings are supposed to understand and what we are not supposed to understand. Fair enough?

As for the words complained of and their attendant innuendo: well if every single word in our language, however innocuous, has suddenly acquired undertones of sexual innuendo, we might as well stop talking to one another.

Anyway this is nothing new and I recall an incident from a much less enlightened age, in my youth. In those days PC'ness had not attained the overbearing presence it now has, and commonly-used words to refer to gay people then, are now absolutely taboo. I recall making phone calls in the office and starting off with "Hello, I have a query about..." This caused my colleagues at nearby desks to start sniggering.

Perhaps we are still a long way from growing up...