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Postby moorfield » June 11th, 2021, 9:21 pm
I am going to stick my neck out here, in the interest of balanced discussion (very "BBC" of me ).
I was on the receiving end of the "wear your mask" brigade this evening in a pub with my daughter, sister and her son (the first time we have seen them since Christmas 2019). My nephew, 17 spotty and scruffy and a tad surly, is very deaf and has been learning to lip read through the lockdowns. We weren't wearing our masks and he was able to follow our conversation perfectly well.
Cue some chuntering from two fellas at the next table, let's call them the Gomman Brothers to preserve their anonymity. They had been in some time watching the cricket, were well refreshed, and clearly making my sister uncomfortable. (And I earwigged were also discussing shares at one point - LFs perhaps?)
Anyway one snide chunter too far I thought I'd have a polite word to explain my nephew's predicament, which concluded with Gomman #1 telling me not to be "lary". At which point I recalled reading this and could only smirk at the irony. As we left (wearing our masks btw), I pointed out to the landlord where his offensive and intimidating clientele were sitting.