Commuting Tales

With all of the traveling I have been doing lately I haven't had a good train blather. A funny thing happened today to set me off . . .

First, this morning. The train was crowded (duh . . it is always crowded) and I was seated beside another guy. My bag was in the space underneath my seat. I reached down to get my book and fumbled in the bag. Suddenly it moved.

Apparently I had been groping the guy beside me. He looked at me, I looked at him. We both got horrified expressions and grabbed the sports section of the paper (although I really wanted Entertainment) and looked away to read.

The two ladies across from us just tried to stifle (unsuccessfully, I might add) their laughter.

Then this afternoon. I was bopping along on the train listening to my new iTouch (more on this baby later). We rolled past a high school heading towards Oakville. I happened to look up as we passed the BMX track and noticed that it was crowded with hoodlums. Apparently the hoodlums chose to put their best side forward because they mooned the train en mass.

I don't know what they were expecting as a reaction because I doubt anyone noticed on my car - everyone was asleep, reading, or staring at the ceiling contemplating another night of reality TV (my god, when will the post writer's strike shows stream out). 'tis a terrible thing to put yourself all out there for a big finish only to get a yawn.

I am sure that their parents would be chuffed.

Later I overheard some guy on the train saying he "kirked out" on someone the other day to a fellow passenger.

"What the hell does this mean?' I wondered.

A quick search on Google via my Blackberry for "kirked out" gave me 928 hits and the first one was from the Urban Dictionary: Kirk: To go crazy, to flip out, to wig out. "Timmy kirked out when he saw the guitar solo."

Who knew?

There you have it, a new word to describe you the next time you get perturbed on the train.

Comments

[Rose]

Oh what fun you must have on the train....I'm glad to get the education of "kirked out" that is a new one for me....

[Jerry]

You shouild use it at work some time Rose and see if anyone knows what the heck you are saying!

[girasoli]

That is the funniest post!! What a fun day you had. Glad to know about the term "kirked out". I think I will try it out tomorrow and see if I get a reaction.

Oh, and am looking forward to your post on your new iTouch...something I have been thinking about getting for a while now.

[Kim]

I'm such a geek, I thought it would be some reference to Captain Kirk. :D

You know, like I used to pull a scotty (i.e., I'd double or triple the estimate I would give my boss on what it would take to complete a project).

[Jerry]

Susan - I must admit that I LOVE it!

Kim - I won't touch that one . . .

[sandrac]

Groping, and mooning and kirking (out)....oh my! Sounds like quite the trip, Jerry.

[Jerry]

It was a journey Sandra, it really was. Thank goodness my commute isn't often as exciting.