Tron T shirt compliment

Published on 26 September 2024 at 21:54

(First written around summer 2022 ish)

YOU REMEMBER how I mentioned I was at that first school, end of term, fake Royal Jubilee today, aye? Well I was there.

There I was: sitting out in the school field, in one of the TWO canvas style camping chairs we’d brought along – the wife occupying the other – drinking a plastic cup of fucking £2.50 Pimms (with a bit of cucumber in it). Picture that, if you will.

Suddenly, a POSH BALD DAD who I’ve never encountered before – cut off denims; some kind of rock and roll t-shirt – wanders up, bold as brass:

“Hey man. Durber burber nerb nerb. Whuddabad? Durber burber film?”

I was a bit flabbergasted and hadn’t fully caught what he said. So I was like, “…Sorry?”

“Hey man. I really like your t-shirt! What… What is that? Is it from a film?”

The t-shirt in question, boys and girls, is a black £8 internet shirt, with ‘Flynns Arcade’ written on it.

“Oh this?? Yeah, it’s from Tron.”

“Bon?” said the man.

“No, Tron.”

“Troy??”

“Tron.”

“Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh! TROY! Yes, yes, of cour-“

“NO! TRON!! TEE ARR OHH ENN. Tron! With the laser frisbees and the light motorbikes and shit.”

And I even mimed the bikes.

“OH! OHHHHHHH! Yeah! Tron! Yeah, I LOVE Tron! That’s really great, yeah!”

“Yeah, man. Thanks. £8 on eBay.”

“Great! Great, yeah. I’ll probably get one.”

…And with that: Off. He. Went. I turned to the wife, and I said:

“What do you reckon THAT was about, eh? I suspect he was trying to shag me.”

But my wife just said, “Yesssssssss.”

And was quite dismissive over it.

CONCLUSION

WELL readers? What do YOU think? Had the man:

A: Witnessed my now famous Barnett, and simply lost his mind?

Or B: Simply observed a t-shirt he admired, and had taken the leap of asking a handsome stranger where he got it?

 

Which is it???

 

Thanks for reading.

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