
Why is it that some people can’t resist sticking their noses into other people’s business, even on the most trivial of matters?
Take this morning for example. I was in our front garden, just about to start removing a large clump of nettles which was threatening to choke out one of the wife’s beloved azaleas. I’d barely begun, when along HE came; Mr Busybody, Mr fucking Know-all, to offer an opinion where none was wanted or welcome.
As he drew alongside me, he stopped, stuck his hands in his pockets, and peered portentously over the low wall which separates our garden from the pavement. After some seconds he opined ‘you know, you should really leave those nettles alone’.
What the fuck? thinks I. ‘My wife thinks they’re intrusive, and wants them dug out’ I replied somewhat tersely.
‘Yes’ says he, ‘but don’t you know that they’re an important part of the ecosystem? They provide food and habitat for butterflies, bees and other insects’.
‘My whole garden is a butterfly and bee friendly environment’ says I, straightening up, ‘but I’ll tell you what. If you’re that bothered, hang about for five minutes while I root them out, and you can take them away with you for replanting’.
‘Er, but I don’t want them’ says he, surprised and now somewhat hesitant.
‘Neither do I’ says I, ‘which is precisely why I’m digging them up and slinging them in the compost, okay?’
At which point a look of intense irritation comes over his face, and with a ‘harrumph’ he stomps off.
Why is that irksome, interfering cunts just can’t resist the urge to stick their oar
in, even when it’s concerning a matter of utter inconsequence involving a complete stranger? His whole demeanour was such that he felt that I should justify myself. For weeding my garden for fuck’s sake.
Fair nettled I was. If I wasn’t a gentleman, I’d have told the cunt to fuck right off.
Nominated by : Ron Knee