This newspaper ‘crush’ went viral and people didn’t know whether to laugh or cry
You’ll have seen those newspaper columns in which people who have seen someone they like on the bus or train try to make contact without actually, you know, making contact.
Some of them are more memorable than others. This one, however, is filed under ‘more memorable’.
Sweep her off her feet why don’t you pic.twitter.com/Zu5Adft5Xl
— Emily Heward (@EmilyHeward) August 22, 2018
And people just didn’t know quite what to make of it. Here’s how they responded online.
1.
‘Chatty Northern Bloke’. God. That self-description is a heinous crime. I reckon he’s the Manchester Pusher, daytripping. Looking for victims.
— Kate Holmes (@MsKateHolmes) August 22, 2018
2.
He’s that guy that talks to everyone on the bus isn’t he
— Emily Heward (@EmilyHeward) August 22, 2018
3.
Totally. "Oh, aye, I'll talk to anyone, me. Don't mind me, love – it's just the way I am. I leave my door open at night, me…where do you live?"
— Kate Holmes (@MsKateHolmes) August 22, 2018
4.
How else is he supposed to describe her? She probably has low self esteem so at least reading that would maybe help her feel better about herself. Lighten up.
— Alan Wright (@FrenchChairs) August 24, 2018
5.
Hahahahaha
— Letters of Note (@LettersOfNote) August 24, 2018
6.
I wasn’t trying to be funny.
— Alan Wright (@FrenchChairs) August 24, 2018
7.
Oh I know. Don’t worry Alan.
— Letters of Note (@LettersOfNote) August 24, 2018
8.
I’m sure she IS crushed
— Shaun Keaveny (@shaunwkeaveny) August 23, 2018
9.
Yuck, I take the Victoria line many times a week. So good to know that any slight disabilities he spots will be written about (I do have a slight natural squint/lazy eye tried to develop in childhood & I’m fortunate my eye muscles are strong so nobody notices except opticians!)
— Alice Sheppard (@PenguinGalaxy) August 23, 2018
10.
Do you, by any chance, have a lisp? Your luck could be in!
— Blip Driver (@Blipdriver) August 23, 2018
11.
No one talks on the tube- How does he know she has a lisp?!
— Andrew Walker (@footballacumen) August 23, 2018
And people started sharing others they’d spotted.
— Alan Bourke (@alanbourke) August 23, 2018
Except, er …
Ok. That was actually one of mine. https://t.co/YrumNmlz6X
— Seamas It Ever Was (@shockproofbeats) August 23, 2018
Can't believe it's 3 years since those Metro slags published my first ever Rush Hour Crush. Still does my nut to this day. #bringbackhanging pic.twitter.com/dBkbrOAjsk
— Seamas It Ever Was (@shockproofbeats) December 4, 2016
This has to be one of @shockproofbeats efforts, surely…
— Jo Mills (@jo_m_88) August 23, 2018
It is not! Well done that man.
— Seamas It Ever Was (@shockproofbeats) August 23, 2018
To sum up …
Say what you like about Northerners, you can't deny that we know how to charm
— Back to Being Bob! (@Chuffing_Nora) August 23, 2018