Run Silent

When I’m walking I find I tend to forget that while I’m a fairly big guy, it turns out I can walk very quietly. And fast.

Herself regular complains that I “sneak up” behind her (for which read “walk up making my normal level of noise”) and make her jump because she hasn’t heard me approaching.

Today as I walked to the train station, I was reminded of this by two people, both of whom jumped as I walked past them. One even emitted that kind of shocked “squeak” noise that’s actually quite comical. I suppose seeing someone as they come past you, walking fast enough that you could perhaps take it to be jogging/running, when you haven’t heard any noise from them, is kind of surprising.

There’s no real relevance to this, it was just something odd for today.


6 Comments on “Run Silent”

  1. Thompson Local says:

    Off topic. Have you seen the new Thomson Local ad on tv? It reminds me of someone but I just can’t remember who it is.
    http://www.thomsondirectories.com/about/advertising.asp

  2. Lyle says:

    Hmmm, Spam comment or not? I can’t decide…

  3. It’s not honest – trust me

    It’s just a link to an ad on their site. Obviously you haven’t seen it on tv otherwise . . .

    Have added real name and email plus a URL!

  4. razorhead says:

    I think that is definately spam.
    Why not visit http://ulterior.me.uk

  5. quin says:

    Tell Tom Coates. As you know he had some problems with Cillit Bang comment spam. I think there’s a good case for bloggers boycotting any products they see being advertised in comment spam.

  6. razorhead says:

    I’ve just had a comment on the Ulterior from the first comment poster. He argues that it wasn’t spam–rather he found the big rabbit looking rather familar. Go figure.


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