Understanding Personal Space

Jamie and myself went to the cinema last night. We saw The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, the Wes Anderson film. I didn't enjoy The Royal Tenenbaums and so didn't have high hopes for this film. I have to say I was pleasantly surprised.

But to review the film is not the point of the blog. The point is to rant (cos I'm really good at that) about other people's lack of consideration for their neighbours when in a fairly enclosed space.

Basically, right, some stinky f%*ker was sitting very near us - it was either the guy beind us, or the one on our row. After discussion on this with Jamie we deduced it was the guy behind us. So, if you were at The Harbour Lights cinema last night, watching The Life Aquatic, sitting behind a girl with short purple hair, this is about you, smelly!!!

About 20 minutes into the movie, I noticed a disturbing spell. Now, before any of you start, I know the smell wasn't eminating from me, and I'm woman enough to own up to these things. I looked at Jamie with watery eyes and mouthed, "was that you?" To which he shook his head. It was foul, and it lingered, as would be typical in a room full of people with no fresh air getting in... Thankfully it passed, and it would be nice if I could tell you that was the end of the story.

No, this person must have come into the film floating because after this woeful fart he proceeded to burp - lots. Not noisy ones though... I never actually heard him burp but every few minutes this scent of death came over the air. Seriously, this guy ate something rancid and it kept repeating on him all night - to the detriment of those sitting around him.

Surely there are rules on cinema etiquette, that say when in an enlosed space, with an essentially captive audience you do not disturb everyone's viewing by adding what is termed in UGC cinemas as:

your own special effects.

If you know who you are, I hope you have now learned a lesson. Farting and stinky burps are funny at home but not where the victims are just innocent bystanders who wanted to see a movie.

Think! Before you Stink!!!