A weird trip down memory lane

When I was 18 I used to go into Manchester and lie down on the street for hours waiting for people to talk to me. I did that for about a year. At the time I felt a great sense of loss that school friends had gone to university and I'd dropped out of school. All irrelevant now Slight smile
Did you have any really weird periods in your life?
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  • I used to go into Manchester and lie down on the street for hours waiting for people to talk to me.

    Greetings. This is England; so many Folk would be polite and ask You if You 'are alright', or ignore You... yet their Children would approach You and do other things which I do not care to mention. (...!) Also, a lot depends upon Your eyes being open/closed, or Your showing any 'signs of life' (twitching, moving, etc.) ...!

    I Myself once genuinely tripped over at school & after the pain I saw opportunity to try a similar experiment. Most onlookers (children) gathered to say mean & imaginary things, and only a Friend arrived to help Me up. Yet the entire affair was ended when a Teacher arrived, to *force* Me up (ignoring My leg pain) just to disperse the crowd. (!)

    I think nowadays most folk would do either of THREE things: Ignore, offer to remove You out of the Public Area, or just take Pictures upon a Smartphone.   (Meh.)

    ...If lying upon a street deliberately waiting, then most folk would notice that and avoid it, thinking it suspicious - as if You were a "caught on hidden camera" sort of Actor.

    I list many perspectives here, so I hope this post is at least a bit useful. (To anyone else also.)   Slight smile

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  • I used to go into Manchester and lie down on the street for hours waiting for people to talk to me.

    Greetings. This is England; so many Folk would be polite and ask You if You 'are alright', or ignore You... yet their Children would approach You and do other things which I do not care to mention. (...!) Also, a lot depends upon Your eyes being open/closed, or Your showing any 'signs of life' (twitching, moving, etc.) ...!

    I Myself once genuinely tripped over at school & after the pain I saw opportunity to try a similar experiment. Most onlookers (children) gathered to say mean & imaginary things, and only a Friend arrived to help Me up. Yet the entire affair was ended when a Teacher arrived, to *force* Me up (ignoring My leg pain) just to disperse the crowd. (!)

    I think nowadays most folk would do either of THREE things: Ignore, offer to remove You out of the Public Area, or just take Pictures upon a Smartphone.   (Meh.)

    ...If lying upon a street deliberately waiting, then most folk would notice that and avoid it, thinking it suspicious - as if You were a "caught on hidden camera" sort of Actor.

    I list many perspectives here, so I hope this post is at least a bit useful. (To anyone else also.)   Slight smile

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