10:32am Tuesday 18th August 2009
By Lynn Briggs
I've been here nine years give or take, and I've put up with some garbage in this town, but today was the prize. Sorry, but "garbage" means "rubbish" in your UK terms.
My highly upstanding husband and I were attempting to walk home from a couple hours out with another highly respected person who works at the Northern Echo. Too bad he wasn't with us to witness this...
I had just commented on a woman who was dressed in white capri slacks and a summery top, who was wearing fur lined Ugg boots. I thought it looked a bit odd. Sorry and all. A girl who was most likely in her early twenties, wearing bright pink "sweats" as we Americans call them, walked in front of me and I happened to glance at her. She proceeded to scream:
"What the f*** are you looking at you f***ing slag? I'll f***ing do ya, I'll f***ing do ya". Wonderful.
Imagine if I were a tourist in Darlington and this happened? Great PR don't ya think? Just for clarity, she was walking around on the streets with an open bottle of "some alcoholic beverage" and then went into the Nag's Head. We looked behind us the whole way home to see if an angry mob was following us with burning torches.
I finally admit that this town has gotten the better of me, and I formally give up. I would like nothing better than to retreat to the relative comfort of my little one horse town in Pennsylvania, and never return. Thank you for listening and what is WRONG with this scenario????
God help us all.
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