Sunglasses worn on the tube has to be one of the most irritating sights in all of Christendom! Spotted six such cretins on today’s journey and not a white stick in sight (there were two fools with un-ironic rock star pretensions in my carriage alone). We are underground! For the entire duration!! The nocturnal subterranean world does not require any additional shading…it’s plenty dingy as it is!?!
Admittedly the lighting is a little harsh on the tube itself – I'm sure the Guantanamo detention centre must use the very same light bulb supplier. However only Stevie Wonder (& friends) should be permitted to be seen in sunnies down here. And even an undisputed icon such as Mr Wonder would have the good grace not to wear his accessorized with an air of woefully miss-placed smugness!
Bad enough to push them atop your head like some Sloaney headband, but to actually proudly sport them with brazen bravado makes me want to commit acts of random violence. Chiefly to their appalling sunglasses!?!
Mostly they are of the Wayfarer and Aviator variety, typically coupled with a pair of espadrilles and an ironic trouser turn-up, so you can probably deduce what type we are talking here. However there was one Marilyn Manson-wannabe whose transgression I'll permit, purely on the grounds that his sunglasses were at least covering the majority of his face, so in turn doing a major service to society...
Boat drinks to the naked eye!
And having a hangover is no excuse!
ReplyDeleteApparently they are locked in an eternal struggle with their arch enemies, the Convertible Roof Engaged in Temperatures of Intolerable Nature, or C.R.E.T.I.N crew.
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