Woman with a hedgehog in a shoe
Walking home at 2am in historic Bath we met a woman in her 50s, she looked concerned, so we asked if she was OK.

She had a hedgehog in her shoe.

I asked if it was injured, she said no. She told us that as she approached it had curled up into a ball. This she interpreted as a cry for help. Forcing the terrified animal into her shoe was the obvious way to assist.

I said she should release it on some grass and leave it alone.
She got agitated and insisted it was asking for her help.
I got agitated and called her a mentalist.
She screamed at me, denied being a mentalist, and complained that all her children had been taken into care.

I was told off for calling her a mentalist (by my friend, who was doing a psychology and sociology degree. For some reason that made her a better judge of inappropriate language than me). She was a mentalist.
(mrdirtylegs, Sat 1 Nov 2008, 16:35, 3 replies)

She was a mentalist
I hope your friend enjoys her new career as a Pizza Hut waitress with that sociology degree.
(Seance Trumpet has got no beef with a man enjoying a croissant, Sat 1 Nov 2008, 23:07, closed)

maybe her children were taken away
after social services found her trying to cram them into her shoes
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Sun 2 Nov 2008, 1:37, closed)

thirded
she was a mentalist.

Les moral relativism, more cold hard certainty, that's what we need in this world.

Fucking mentalists
(pounana Slept well, and dreamed of large women, on, Sun 2 Nov 2008, 12:30, closed)