This morning I was standing on the train reading when I heard what sounded like loud hissing, until I figured out it was a lot of s sounds with the rest of the words barely subvocalized. I looked around but no one's lips were moving. Finally I saw that it was the guy sitting in front of me reading to himself. I stared at him in disbelief for a while, because it was so goddamn loud & really seemed like it was coming from a giant snake 3 feet to my left in the middle of the train. Maybe he was an amateur ventriloquist. It was so disturbing, everyone would glare at him, look away in disgust, & look again as it continued relentlessly. Some of us even made eye contact over the strangeness of the situation. At the next stop, a seat opened up next to him. I had a lot of stuff so I sat down. After another 3 minutes of this crap, I tapped his shoulder & said, as nicely as possible, "Could you please read silently to yourself? Thanks." He nodded very fast, all twitchy & weird, but was much quieter for the rest of the ride. Before I became a dominatrix, I would never have had the guts to say something, & maybe it sounds a little bitchy, but it was absolutely intolerable. Especially at 7am.
Oddly enough, the same sort of thing happened on the PATH train. I sat quietly minding my own business, & this guy stood in front of me hissing. I don't know if maybe he was trying to get my attention. He seemed a little slow, so I didn't say anything. It was so bizarre. He stood there for 20 minutes going, "Ssss ssss..." I would almost rather have been traveling with lethal snakes, all this nonsense was so annoying.
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probably just another guerilla marketing things unleashed... the movie is positively camp, but the website and all its bells/whistles are a lot of fun!
Oh no - these were random weird men. They just had problems, I think. I loved the website too - I sent all my friends the phone call thing. Thanks for stopping by!
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