No it’s not that he was sleeping. It isn’t even that he was snoring; it is what he was doing before that.
I wasn’t quick enough with the camera to show you that bit, so you will have to believe me.
Before he fell asleep he was reading. What and how he was reading made me smile. He read with the book right up to his face, suggesting that he couldn’t be bothered to find his glasses, or maybe didn't know where they are. I’m sorry to all of you glasses wearing people (or disabled people, as I always think of you) but when you read that way it makes you look funny – end of!
Any way we were on a train leaving London and heading to Cambridge, and my man was reading a travel guide.
I don’t like stereotypes really, but this guy did look like a tourist.
A tourist absolutely devouring some knowledge about London.
While travelling to Cambridge.
In a hat with a pom pom on it.
His hat reeked of an ill advised attempt to blend in while visiting Edinburgh. I decided this guy was touring Britain and spending a lot of time VERY confused.
However, he seemed happy. Maybe getting his phone and glasses stolen in Scotland was all part of the British experience for him. Maybe spending six hours walking around Cambridge looking for Buckingham Palace will be brilliant Blog Fodder for him when he gets back to his hotel.
Maybe I just have a very twisted imagination.
Who knows?
9 comments:
OK, sometimes I do read very up close, but the other choice would be very far away, because everyone knows I'll never be able to locate one of my 17 pairs of reading glasses. PS I do not wear hats with pom poms. I now know a couple things not to do when I visit the UK. Probably not going to Scotland would be my first on the list, however, I would be impressed if one could find my reading glasses AND then steal them.
Thanks you for entertaining this morning.
Kelley
You definitely should have followed him.
Oh, sweet. Now I know what hat to make my dad buy on his next visit. He's thus far collected a felt hat with a feather in Munich and a herringbone, Professor Higgins-esque one in London. He feels so continental :)
Oh well done! I couldn't think of any extrapolations (or assumptions!) you've missed from this photo!
Could it have been Breeze in disguise for a new role as a character actor?
Love the hat!
Kathy
http://www.thetruckerswife.com/
Oh how I miss commuting. Thank you for sharing that. I think all your assumptions are probably correct, except maybe he'd bumped his nose and it was just too painful to wear glasses?
Public transport always provides the most interesting people. Sadly I get less of the funny haha and more of the funny crazy.
Laura x
http://firstclassramblings.blogspot.com
When I make it to London, I am definitely getting a pom pom hat to wear.
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