Evening all.
I am a barrister aged 50. I was in court today with a male judge aged 50+ and four male barristers aged 66, 50+, 40+ and 30+. Nobody else.
We were in a brief lull between cases. The 66 year old who is a very senior barrister and usually a good friend of mine came into court. He sat down next to me and made a very low growling noise for a couple of seconds. It is a noise that has sexual overtones. He is completely unreconstructed and intended it (a) as a joke and (b) to assert his role as dominant male in the room (including over the judge). He knows that the tape will not pick this noise up but that all others present will hear it. It is not an uncommon tactic.
All other 4 males sniggered. I rolled my eyes and said "it has only been 100 years ...". He said "100 years since what?". The judge informed him. He said "that reminds me about the man who was charged with having sex with a suffragette ... turns out she was chained to the railings at the time".
All 5 of them collapse in fits of hilarity.
All of this was on tape.
How many more hundred years will it be?