Reading someone else's paper is OK, as long as you're subtle.
But you have to be so subtle that I don't notice. In which case you can start right away. I don't care HOW many minutes have passed, if I can tell.
Wash: I didn't think you were one for rituals and such. Mal: I'm not, but it'll keep the others busy for a while. No reason to concern them with what's to be done.
'Bushwhacked'
Natter 31 But Looks 29
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Jan 11, 2005 6:38:09 am PST #4726 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jesse - Jan 11, 2005 6:40:40 am PST #4727 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
If you keep your eyes on your own paper, you'll never even notice.
§ ita § - Jan 11, 2005 6:44:18 am PST #4728 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
If you keep your eyes on your own paper, you'll never even notice.
Spider senses, me lass.
Also, again, why time limit, then?
tommyrot - Jan 11, 2005 6:45:33 am PST #4729 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
One of my pet peaves? People on the platform who walk alongside the doors of the train as it slows to a stop, so they'll be right in front of the door when it opens. A couple of times I have had to step out of the way to let these people walk by... until I asked myself why I had to move out of their way when I was already at the place where the doors would be when the train stopped. Now I just pretend not to notice those people. So these people have walked right into me on occasion... which is funny....
Jesse - Jan 11, 2005 6:47:34 am PST #4730 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Also, again, why time limit, then?
I don't believe there is a time limit, personally.
I love being able to stand right where the door will be....and then having that door be right at the exit of the stop where I'm going.
Vortex - Jan 11, 2005 6:48:48 am PST #4731 of 10002
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
So these people have walked right into me on occasion... which is funny....
and the extra frosty "excuse me" is also fun.
-t - Jan 11, 2005 6:48:56 am PST #4732 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I thought the time limit was from when you start reading to when you can verbally communicate.
§ ita § - Jan 11, 2005 6:49:55 am PST #4733 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't believe there is a time limit, personally.
::adopts Jesse::
I get a little truculent about standing my ground or smashing past people who are unjustly standing theirs. But I like the veil of anonymity that falls over your violence in the Underground.
Nutty - Jan 11, 2005 6:58:41 am PST #4734 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
How are these not killing offenses?
Whaddya talk? Reading someone else's book is just passively accepting electrons into one's eyes. There is no offense involved. Now, talking to someone about the book they're reading, that's an assault on the personal bubble.
I have been in situations where my T-neighbor realizes I am reading along, and moves how he holds the book so that I can read more easily. Rarely, they will pause and wait for a nod before turning the page. I think it's cool! Symbiotic, like.
Jesse - Jan 11, 2005 7:00:43 am PST #4735 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Now, talking to someone about the book they're reading, that's an assault on the personal bubble.
I did once say something to someone who was reading the same book as me, but he wasn't feeling it.