High on Lullabies Posted December 12, 2004 Share Posted December 12, 2004 I think there must be something about me and trains. I don't post many obs but the most memorable ones to me always seem to occur on trains. And today was no exception...I went up to London today to meet a friend for a bit of Christmas shopping. Got to the station and (eventually) found my train (Thank you South West Trains for the wonderful new timetable).Got on and sat down, had a nice compartment all to myself. The journey passed without incident for about 10 minutes or so until just after we pulled when I felt my nose tickle. It was the sort of tickle I knew would produce a sneeze and since I was alone in the compartment I saw no reason not to let it come. The tickle grew steadily over the next few seconds, until then I did a very silly thing. I thought about it, I thought 'What if someone walking past in the corridor sees me?' Bad idea! Instantly I felt the sneeze stop in it's tracks, hit a brick wall (I hate this mental block thing sometimes! ). However the sneeze had gone too far by this time to disappear completely. So I was left with an incredibley tickly nose, but no sneeze in sight.I tried everything to make it go away, rubbing, pushing, I would have tried blowing but I had nothing to blow into. So many times I had willed sneezes to go away, now I was willing it to come, so much, anything to stop this unbearable tickle. Eventually, I felt it getting stronger again, I don't know why (something to do with making my sub-concious forget about the fear of being caught maybe) but it was and I knew sanctuary was near. Then it came 'HUAchssssssh!', it came wetly into my hand as I knew it would, I'd been out in the cold so I was all stuffy anyway. The tickle came back quickly and I stiffened a little expecting more, but then it slowly faded away instead. A fickle thing my nose is at times, anyway hope you liked it. Link to comment
Empathic Mystery Posted December 12, 2004 Share Posted December 12, 2004 Mmm, Chris. Such a lovely observation. Thank you so much for sharing, dear. You know I simply adore your sneezes, and just reading about them makes me squirm. I hope your Christmas shopping went well, sweetie.Hugs,Me Link to comment
Lady Tori Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 Nice obs with great descriptions, HOL. You should post more often... yours and other peoples' obs! Link to comment
High on Lullabies Posted December 16, 2004 Author Share Posted December 16, 2004 Thank you for your praise both of you, glad you enjoyed it. Lady - I would post obs of other people if I ever saw any! I guess I'm just not that lucky, so for now you'll just have to make do with obs of me, sorry! Link to comment
Kitty Posted December 16, 2004 Share Posted December 16, 2004 So many times I had willed sneezes to go away, now I was willing it to come, so much, anything to stop this unbearable tickle. Isn't that just the devil of it? Bless you and that was very well described!Kitty Link to comment
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