Bus Stop Conversation
Commuter 1: You know those little iron bars you see in the pavement you see in London? I asked Jim what those were for the other day because I’ve always wondered. Do you know what they are?
Commuter 2 (shakes head): …
Commuter 1: Apparently they are there so that in the old days, the men could scrape the mud off their shoes before going in a building.
Commuter 2: What about the women?
Commuter 3: They didn’t have shoes. They were banned.
Me (not resisting): That’s right. King George the Second. The Lady Shoe Act. Travesty.
The lesson from this story is that 99 per cent of the time, I will take the bait.