| So I was at Tesco this morning. I have to go there every day, as the refrigerator in our house (well, pretty much every fridge in every house in England) is too small to hold much food. So you can't do a week's shopping at once. Also, the freezer is tiny and has drawers. Very annoying. I digress. Anyway. I was at Tesco, buying chicken breasts to eat tonight. And I was chatting to my little Faerie who was riding in the cart, like I do every day. But Tesco seemed a little quieter than usual. Nobody else in there was talking very much. And it was a lot emptier than it usually is at that time of the morning too. But what really freaked me out was, some guy started following me. Not like a normal guy (of course, guys follow me all the time, lol) but...he looked weird. He kind of shuffled his feet. Now, he looked really tired. So I thought maybe he was just hung over, and maybe he just wanted to buy a few bottles of water too and that's why he followed me into that aisle. But he seemed fixated on me. It was odd because people don't really look at each other here, as a rule. I think he tried to touch me, but I was rounding the corner so really didn't see. A couple of the check-out girls seemed kind of tired and off, too. Now there has been a stomach flu going around (I had it a couple of weeks ago, remember?) But this was, like...really off. Mouths-hanging-open off. I noticed a lot of people like that when I went to pick Princess up from school, too. Everyone was just sort of standing around. I'm used to being ignored here, but everyone watched me today. And there was a group of kids eating something on the field. They're not supposed to take food out there, much less huddle in a little group like rabid animals and shove things into their mouths. It was kind of freaky, to be honest, and I'm not sure what to do. I went outside to smoke a cigarette a little while ago and there were some people just standing around in the road. They didn't see me. I'm starting to wonder if that wasn't a good thing. What do you guys think? Should I be concerned? or is there just some sort of flu bug in town or something? BLITEOTW08 . |
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You WILL be assimmilated. Resistance is futile.
I don't think it's anything to be concerned about. If it were wouldn't the government have made some kind of announcement?
It'll be fine.
Well, until you see Cillian Murphy, don't worry.
Everyone's a little sluggish here in NY City, too. I think it's the heat wave...
Have you seen that thing about the bacteria in tomatos?
You know, Mark, you'd think there would be something on the news, but all I can get on TV is Big Brother. Our satellite is usually pretty messed up, but it seems like a lot of channels aren't coming in.
I did see the thing about tomatoes...but I don't eat them. Maybe everyone around here is sick from them?
Zombies?
I wasn't bothered until I realized the rain was sorta... steaming... when it hit the crowd. And it smelled funky. Rain doesn't normally smell like copper, does it?
Zombies?
Please.. that shit doesn't exist!
Does it...?
You're all talkin' crazy. You keep up like that you'll end up in the nut house!
It's really windy here in Central Oregon, like bend-the-trees-backward windy. It even snowed this morning. And it's freaking June!
Do do do do, do do do do.
*puts fingers to temple* I see the beginnings of the next horror movie...
You know Stacia, I WOULD be worried. In fact today at work I thought I heard someone whisper "brains" at me when I passed them. Of course they could have been making a quip about my lack of smarts but I don't know. Perhaps a zombie outbreak. I shall get out my cricket bat!(nice link thx)
Synde
It sure sounds creepy, like a scenario in Stephen King book.
No shit it sounds creepy. Was mark narrating your day? Wait - no wild sex. Still, it's possible.
I haven't seen a single car go by this morning. I'm wondering if I should take the Princess to school at all, frankly.
Stacia, honey...people will continue to stare until you take Mr. Potato Head's arm out of your nostril before going out in public... sure, the kids think it's a hoot, but seriously... it looks like some critter is in there trying to flag down someone for help.
I dunno. Sounds like a normal trip to Tesco to me. And I worked there for two miserable years, so I know. It's when they start being chatty and helpful that you really need to panic.
It was just that your skirt was caught up in your skivvies.
Don't worry. You're cool now. Furthermore, the neighborhood thanks you. You've provided a solid to solid citizens!
As Naomi says, sounds like a normal trip to Tesco to me. :-D But then... I DO live up North. Haha.
What did we learn from Sean of the Dead? It's zombies!