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Ear stroking on tube - is it odd?

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Limpi · 02/02/2025 00:35

Travelling on the tube this evening and noticed a that a woman was stroking the ear of man sitting next to her. She was long away from him and her hand was vigorously stroking massaging the ear furthest away from her. This wasn’t gentle stroking but quite vigorous massaging. Both were impassive.
it found it quite unnerving ! No one else seemed to notice and neither of the passengers were making eye contact.
just seemed a bit weird or is it me?

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catin8oots · 02/02/2025 14:28

Limpi · 02/02/2025 01:20

The not so dull district line

Oh the District line is the WORST for this sort of stuff 😀

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Limpi · 02/02/2025 14:24

19751974P · 02/02/2025 14:15

Another classic MN thread, enjoying these responses 😂

😉

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November10000 · 02/02/2025 14:19

NormasArse · 02/02/2025 10:47

Like Inspector Gadget?

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If she had tools, don't you mean inspect her gadget @NormasArse?
It'll be those weird Winbledon village folks again.

19751974P · 02/02/2025 14:15

Another classic MN thread, enjoying these responses 😂

AlbusSeverusMalfoy · 02/02/2025 14:13

Limpi · 02/02/2025 01:24

No chat, no eye contact, just some full on ear massage action. They probably knew each other!

Imagine they don't know each other 🤣

Allthenameshavegone1972 · 02/02/2025 14:10

On my last trip to London I had to sit opposite a male youth with his hands down the front of his trousers, practically cupping his balls. I know it's supposed to be a sign of "gangsta" innit & they're meant to look tough & menacing; but come on lads, you look the complete opposite & like overgrown toddlers with your hands down your trousers for comfort

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Limpi · 02/02/2025 13:59

EnjoythemoneyJane · 02/02/2025 13:01

Imagining a woman with one Mr Tickle arm snaking along the back of a row of passengers to this bloke’s ear, and him just sitting there nonchalantly while she goes at it like a bit of dough.

You got it! 😂

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Allthenameshavegone1972 · 02/02/2025 13:04

Aggressive ear massaging, not a phrase you hear every day 😅
And licking a woman's armpit? 🤢
London never gets boring, I love the city!

EnjoythemoneyJane · 02/02/2025 13:01

Imagining a woman with one Mr Tickle arm snaking along the back of a row of passengers to this bloke’s ear, and him just sitting there nonchalantly while she goes at it like a bit of dough.

thehorsesareallidiots · 02/02/2025 13:01

notprincehamlet · 02/02/2025 12:57

The Peccadillo line
Can we all just take a moment to marvel at the sheer beauty of this 😂
I'd have guessed Bakerloo - if it were a person it would wear a brown suit, work in accounts and have a freezer full of hitchhikers

It would also have a strangely shaggy haircut that would be a mullet if it weren't also hanging in its eyes.

The Central line, OTOH, wears a finance bro gilet at all times.

notprincehamlet · 02/02/2025 12:57

The Peccadillo line
Can we all just take a moment to marvel at the sheer beauty of this 😂
I'd have guessed Bakerloo - if it were a person it would wear a brown suit, work in accounts and have a freezer full of hitchhikers

Ohwhatfuckeryitistoride · 02/02/2025 12:40

“like someone sitting with a giant a Buddha on their lap” that may have been my sister.
When you say she was sitting far away, what are we talking? A foot? The next seat? Another carriage?

LetMeGoogleThat · 02/02/2025 12:40

I've seen much worse than a bit of ear stroking on the tube.

coralsky · 02/02/2025 12:38

I'm pretty sure I play with or stroke my partners ear at times. Never realised it looked so odd but thanks for the heads up!

Lurkingandlearning · 02/02/2025 12:30

“he doesn’t like the sound of tube womens vigour,”. Thank you so much for that @Purrrrrfectpaws 😂😂

Motnight · 02/02/2025 12:08

SmugglersHaunt · 02/02/2025 00:39

It’s just it sounds a bit Piccadilly Line to me

Definitely not Victoria Line.

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Limpi · 02/02/2025 12:05

thehorsesareallidiots · 02/02/2025 11:43

All part of the rich tapestry of London life, innit. I would have enjoyed the show.

Definitely better than the worst thing (so far) which has happened to me on the tube. I'm a shortie and a guy on the Central line sneezed full force into my hair.

🤮

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MidnightPatrol · 02/02/2025 12:05

I once spent a very uncomfortable journey watching while the women opposite teased her partners beard with her fingers.

Truly revolting.

BleedingMeDry · 02/02/2025 12:05

One word: Oo-mox

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Limpi · 02/02/2025 12:03

ArtTheClown · 02/02/2025 11:45

Were they a pair of Ferengi?

Not a pair

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KimberleyClark · 02/02/2025 12:02

ArtTheClown · 02/02/2025 11:45

Were they a pair of Ferengi?

I don’t think the man would have been sitting there impassively if they had been!

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Limpi · 02/02/2025 12:01

KnickerFolder · 02/02/2025 11:23

Maybe she was giving him an accupressure massage because he had a headache, felt sick, something ached etc

🤔

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Limpi · 02/02/2025 12:01

thehorsesareallidiots · 02/02/2025 11:43

All part of the rich tapestry of London life, innit. I would have enjoyed the show.

Definitely better than the worst thing (so far) which has happened to me on the tube. I'm a shortie and a guy on the Central line sneezed full force into my hair.

Certainly made Sunday morning more entertaining reading these post!

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NowThatYouSayIt · 02/02/2025 12:00

poemsandwine · 02/02/2025 11:52

I miss London.

Oh, me too. And not just world-class art and shops two feet from your flat where you can buy a mango, baklava and drain unblocker at 3 am, but just the quietly odd things on the tube, like someone sitting with a giant a Buddha statue on their lap, both apparently reading the Metro, or a blow-up doll apparently travelling alone on the Circle line.

poemsandwine · 02/02/2025 11:52

I miss London.