He's pulled!
I live between two pubs: one's about 30m that way, and the other's about 50m in the other direction. At the weekend, there's a fair amount of to-ing and fro-ing between them, and occasionally a bit of shouting.

At about 10 pm this Saturday, I was in the front room when I heard some female shouting, quickly followed by some male shouting. I thought little of it, but it was getting closer, and so I looked up from my book just in case there was anything to see. Just as I did so, the male shouter came past the window. I couldn't quite tell, but the male shouter either had the female in a headlock, or was dragging her by the hair, or some combination of the two. He was shouting some variant on a theme of "You're coming fucking home, you bitch!" and she was shouting - well, "pleading loudly" might be more like it - someting along the lines of "Let me go! PLEASE let me go! You're hurting me!"

Had the magic gone out of that relationship? I doubt it - I'm willing to bet dollars to doughnuts that she's still with him today, which must be an indication of some sort of magic spell.

Ah. Young love.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 10:38, 10 replies)

Did you call the polis?
That's actual domestic abuse, right there.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 10:51, closed)

Hahaha
Like they're going to get involved in a domestic
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 11:02, closed)

Gah
Serves me right, immediately upon typing that I got the domestic violence ad on Spotify :(
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 11:03, closed)

I can't listen to that.
Without touching myself.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 13:29, closed)

I don't think it'd've been worth it.
I only saw them as they passed my window, so couldn't describe them; and if I'd told them that I'd seen a man being violent and abusive, I suspect that their reply would have been, "Yes - but you live in Gorton*, so that's a bit like seeing a bus or some clouds".

*A none-too-lovely area of Manchester, for those not in the know
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 11:19, closed)

In an infinite universe with infinite possibilities...
...somewhere out there in the infinity, another Enzyme stormed outside and shouted; "You there, unhand that fair maiden"

And was promptly beaten to a pulp.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 14:48, closed)

And that explains my inaction:
I'd be useless in a fight.

Also, the cat was on my knee and it was cold outside. I'd make a terrible superhero.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Tue 26 Oct 2010, 9:56, closed)

this reminds me of a shouted argument I heard one Sunday morning while I was enjoying a lie in
clearly the girl had been out all night, who knows where and the man shouted out "WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN YOU SLAAAAG?!?!"

it carried on for a long time, arguing back and worth up and down the street and at one point the guy shouted "I'M SOAKING WET!"

best argument I've ever heard.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 25 Oct 2010, 16:58, closed)

Dollars to Doughnuts - I will take that bet
Doughnuts are are a dollar fifty these days.
(bad_advice QOTW survivor from the first trollocost!, Tue 26 Oct 2010, 2:57, closed)

Where the fuck do you buy your doughnuts?
They're about 20p in Tesco.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Tue 26 Oct 2010, 9:56, closed)