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to think this old man was a dirty bugger???!!!

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wintera · 10/04/2009 13:45

So yesterday I went food shopping with my Mum and my niece. After loading up the car I took the trolley back. There was an old man struggling with his trolley. Anyway, I asked him if he was OK, and whether he wanted any help. He said yes as he couldn't get his £1 back. So I tried for a while but I also couldn't get the money out. I told him to go and get one of the blokes that stack the trolleys, as they usually have (as I put it) "a special thing" to push the money out. He then thrust his crotch at me and pointed to his willy and said "I've got a special thing too, but it won't fit in there!"

I was really shocked by it! I didn't quite know what to say so I just smiled and walked off back to my car. When I told my Mum and my niece they thought it was hilarious! So did my sister and nephew too. Maybe its me being a bit over-sensitive but I think I was more shocked because of his age. And because I didn't know the guy at all. It was all a bit too familiar for my liking. My Dad and my Father in law are both in their 70's and I know they would never speak to a younger lady like that.

What do you guys think? Am I just having a sense of humour bypass or was I right to be so taken aback by it? I would be interested in your comments!!

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FelineFine · 10/04/2009 13:47

Dirty old beggar, I would be shocked too.

mylifemykids · 10/04/2009 13:47

Reading it did make me chuckle...but I'd have been mortified too if I'd actually been on the receiving end of it

YANBU

southeastastra · 10/04/2009 13:48

made me laugh too, you should have whacked him with your handbag

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wintera · 10/04/2009 13:52

Awww thanks! I am not a prude in any way but like I said I was more shocked cos he seemed like a sweet old bloke. I know it does sound quite funny, and probably if I knew him it would be ok but I'd never met him before.

My husband said he was a dirty old git anyway. My husband also said if he had said it to someone who was in their teens or 20's then he would have had a lynch mob after him!! (I am in my 30's so am technically now an old git myself!!)

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sazzerbear · 10/04/2009 13:57

PMSL - that's hilarious, sooo inappropriate but funny!!

Blondeshavemorefun · 10/04/2009 14:00

dirty bugger

but you did the right thing and walked away

they only get their thrills from screaming people

i saw a flasher years ago, he as walking from opposite direction from me down the street about 10pm,and had a mac and as he got towards me he asked me the time, i stopped and looked and he flashed

i just looked (well hard not to ikywim) and laughed and walked away

coolma · 10/04/2009 14:01

ergh. Not pleasant.

barbie1 · 10/04/2009 14:02

sorry but i laughed out loud reading it! however im sure if he had done it to me it would of been a different story, maybe with me being arrested for wacking an old man across the head with my bag!

mrsjammi · 10/04/2009 14:05

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wintera · 10/04/2009 14:05

Its ok if you laughed at it! I've had that reaction from everyone (except my husband!) But he is still a dirty old sod though!!

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wintera · 10/04/2009 14:11

Mrsjammi - LMAO!!!

I had an Aunt who was a real rude character, she has sadly passed away now. My brother in law went round to paint her house and when she saw his paintbrush she said -

"Christ, I've got more hair on my fanny than what's on that brush!!!" Poor bloke was mortified!

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TheSmallClanger · 10/04/2009 14:20

YANBU to be shocked. Stories about flashers are funny, actual encounters with them aren't.

The last time I was flashed at, he had the smallest willy I've ever seen. I can laugh about it now, but it was really quite creepy at the time.

EachPAQUESPearMum · 10/04/2009 14:32

mrsjammi is that true?
Good news for those of us who have to do massive epilation jobs!

solidgoldshaggingbunnies · 10/04/2009 14:37

Some people are just very crude and used to talking about sex, poo, willies etc all the time. Or he could have had early-stage Alzheimers and be losing the boundaries on appropriate behaviour.
or he could have been a nasty old sod with a lifelong history of sexually harassing and humiliating women. If you rapidly saw the funny side, it's more likely to have been crude humour rather than creepiness.

mrsjammi · 10/04/2009 14:38

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frankiecat · 10/04/2009 14:42

hee hee! someone once told me that the 'lips' get really saggy and long and wrinkly. is that true too?

DitaVonCheese · 10/04/2009 14:48

I was once flashed by a man on a bicycle (dangerous, you might think). A friend and I were waiting at a bus stop by ourselves in the small hours and he had cycled past on the other side of the road, then came back on our side and asked the time or something like that. At that point I happened to glance down and realised that he'd got his knob out and it was just sitting on the bicycle seat. My mate was chatting to him so was a bit surprised when I suddenly said "Nice to see your penis, you fucking pervert, now why don't you fuck off?" (in fact she was halfway through saying the word Australia, which kind of got away from her at that point). He said "Okay then" and pedalled off. Thing is that he was probably around our age (late 20s at the time I think) and seemed quite sober/normal.

catsmother · 10/04/2009 14:55

God, that happened to me too Dita ....... it wasn't in Luton about 11 years ago was it ?

DitaVonCheese · 10/04/2009 15:04

It was in s London (opposite S Wimbledon tube) in about 1998, maybe 99 ... Could it be the same chap? Wish I'd paid more attention to the penis now

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wintera · 10/04/2009 15:06

My sister always says that you should always report a flashing incident as that's how most sex attackers start off. They begin with flashing and then keep getting worse and worse as time goes on.

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Thunderduck · 10/04/2009 15:09

That's very true Wintera.

YanknbeforetheCockcrows · 10/04/2009 15:55

Ahhh, this thread brings back memories. A friend and I were about 11, and were in a local 'variety' shop (kinda like Woolworths I think). This guy came in wearing really short running shorts, and we suddenly noticed his cock was hanging out. I mean, there is NO way this was accidental, he had to have felt it slapping against his leg as he walked, or at least noticed a breeze, right? There was a good few inches out in the open!

Anyway, the shop assistants noticed and just giggled, but spent most of their time following my friend and me around as though we were trying to shoplift (we weren't).

Told my mom when we got back, and she called the store and bollocked them for doing nothing about the perv with his knob out.

Nancy66 · 10/04/2009 16:13

Dirty old perv - plenty of 'em about.

PlumBumMum · 10/04/2009 16:17

Do you live in NI?
Sounds like my neighbour, I was chatting to him one day and his fly was undone, I wasn't going to tell him but he happened to look down and said "OOHH the fence is bad but don't worry the beast is tame"
Hes 70odds

MrsMagooo · 10/04/2009 16:27

YANBU to be shocked I would have been too!

All this talk of flashing reminds of that joke,

3 older ladies sitting on a park bench when a man appeared & flashed them. The first & 2nd ladies had a stroke but the 3rd couldn't reach

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