Protesters and The Ire of a Little Old Lady!
Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2003 9:42 am
Protesters and The Ire of a Little Old Lady!
>
> To nobody's surprise there were protesters today in DC, they attempted
> to disrupt the metro system and block the Key Bridge, a leading artery
> into DC from Northern Virginia. I got hosed twice because I come in
from
> NoVA on the metro and it is raining hard which makes traffic worse any
> way. My commute was l! ong and arduous and only caused further
resentment
> for protesters (but that isn't the point of this thread). Anyway, I'll
> get to the point.
>
> I got off the train in Rosslyn because I had to use the bathroom and
the
> train was moving quite slowly. When I was getting back on the train,
> there were protesters on the train platform handing out pamphlets on
the
> evils of America. I politely declined to take one. An elderly woman was
> behind me getting off the escalator and a young (20ish) female
protester
> offered her a pamphlet, which she politely declined. The young
> protester put her hand on the old woman's shoulder as a gesture of
> friendship and in a very soft voice said, "Ma'am, don't you care about
> the children of Iraq?"
> The old woman looked up at her and said, "Honey, my first husband died
> in France during World War II so you could have the right to stand here
> and bad mouth your country. And if you touch me again, I'll stick this
> umbrella up your ass and open it."
>
> I'm glad to report that loud applause broke out among the onlookers and
> the young protester was at a total loss for words.
>
> To nobody's surprise there were protesters today in DC, they attempted
> to disrupt the metro system and block the Key Bridge, a leading artery
> into DC from Northern Virginia. I got hosed twice because I come in
from
> NoVA on the metro and it is raining hard which makes traffic worse any
> way. My commute was l! ong and arduous and only caused further
resentment
> for protesters (but that isn't the point of this thread). Anyway, I'll
> get to the point.
>
> I got off the train in Rosslyn because I had to use the bathroom and
the
> train was moving quite slowly. When I was getting back on the train,
> there were protesters on the train platform handing out pamphlets on
the
> evils of America. I politely declined to take one. An elderly woman was
> behind me getting off the escalator and a young (20ish) female
protester
> offered her a pamphlet, which she politely declined. The young
> protester put her hand on the old woman's shoulder as a gesture of
> friendship and in a very soft voice said, "Ma'am, don't you care about
> the children of Iraq?"
> The old woman looked up at her and said, "Honey, my first husband died
> in France during World War II so you could have the right to stand here
> and bad mouth your country. And if you touch me again, I'll stick this
> umbrella up your ass and open it."
>
> I'm glad to report that loud applause broke out among the onlookers and
> the young protester was at a total loss for words.
