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rinue ([personal profile] rinue) wrote2006-12-05 08:30 pm

do-si-do

One of the troubles with London's status as an immigrant city is that the English instinctively walk on the left and everyone else doesn't; when two people meet on the sidewalk, there's no obvious rule of "pass on the right" or "pass on the left." Instead, both parties must execute a little sidewalk dance. This dance repeats a few steps down the road, with another partner.

[identity profile] rinue.livejournal.com 2006-12-05 09:08 pm (UTC)(link)
True; but it happens to me a heck of a lot more often here, and takes longer to sort out.