|
Nothingland Something about nothing - game threads, diversions, time-wasters |
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
10-30-2006, 01:01 AM | #1 |
Guest
Posts: n/a
|
One evening in Arles
One evening in Arles (France)
That evening in Arles I saw two men speaking English . American men . They were lovers , I think . I was a young mother in Arles , married to a Frenchman , with two small children . I was walking alone , taking the air after my childrens' birthday party . I sat down at a café table . I smiled at the American men , and said that I spoke English , and that for all I had never been to America , I had read so many wonderful writers , and through my reading knew about Long Island , that Martha's Vineyard place , all the places in Dreamcatcher , Updike and abattoirs , not to mention Walden , Connecticut . And those Little House on The Prairie Books ...Up until that night , I thought that Americans and Europeans were cousins . Just wanted to say , as a young British woman in France , that I was a bit lonely for the words we have in common Those gay , American men were very cold to me . I think they wanted to feel that they were in France , where Van Gogh painted . They did not want to have a young British mother out on a stroll after a birthday party talk to them . It was the coldest slap I have ever received . I felt distance and coldness from two American men one warm and perfumed night in Provence . That night , I got drunk , and something terrible happened to me . |
10-30-2006, 01:03 AM | #2 |
trying hard to be a better person
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Posts: 16,493
|
What happened to you buddug?
__________________
Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber |
10-30-2006, 01:10 AM | #3 |
Guest
Posts: n/a
|
What do you think may have happened , Aliantha ?
|
10-30-2006, 01:10 AM | #4 |
Guest
Posts: n/a
|
There are all sorts of possibilities .
|
10-30-2006, 01:11 AM | #5 |
trying hard to be a better person
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Posts: 16,493
|
There are. That's why I'd rather not guess. Assumption has caused me to appear foolish on more than one occasion previously.
__________________
Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber |
10-30-2006, 01:20 AM | #6 |
Guest
Posts: n/a
|
You are never foolish . You are brave and smart , and the Pom here is proud of you .
|
10-30-2006, 01:21 AM | #7 |
Guest
Posts: n/a
|
I will not give any more details . I am a Pom after all . Stiff Upper Lip .
|
10-30-2006, 01:22 AM | #8 |
trying hard to be a better person
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Posts: 16,493
|
No need to be proud. I'm not a pommy subject anymore. I'm an Aussie. As such, am independant of the need for praise.
__________________
Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber |
10-30-2006, 01:23 AM | #9 |
trying hard to be a better person
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Posts: 16,493
|
Well if it's something you do want to talk about then maybe this is a good place to do so. Regardless of the past, I'm sure people here would be compassionate in their responses.
__________________
Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber |
10-30-2006, 01:24 AM | #10 |
Guest
Posts: n/a
|
jeez , bloody ungrateful too
|
10-30-2006, 01:24 AM | #11 |
trying hard to be a better person
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Posts: 16,493
|
Yep...very.
__________________
Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber |
10-30-2006, 01:34 AM | #12 |
Guest
Posts: n/a
|
Maybe that slap in the face in Arles was because the Americans don't see Poms like anything to do with them . Maybe those gay Americans were Mexican and Japanese ..It was dark . I saw faces , and I thought there was warmth ... I heard the language I speak .
"Who is this boring little fucking housewife saying she speaks English ? " Perhaps they said that to themselves ? In any case , ever since then , I know that being American has nothing whatsoever to do with the British link . Don't be like them , Aliantha . Be our friends forever , you Aussies . |
10-30-2006, 06:13 PM | #13 |
trying hard to be a better person
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Posts: 16,493
|
Maybe you shouldn't judge a whole country on the actions of just two people?
__________________
Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber |
10-30-2006, 06:44 PM | #14 |
LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Arkansas
Posts: 7,661
|
Buddug,
Every country has a few assholes , see even you are here !!!!
__________________
"Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner |
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|