BO on the train
I had a long train journey down South to London with the boyfriend. We got on the carriage and settled down in our reserved seats when I started to realise someone on the carriage had really bad B.O.

As it was quite a quiet train and I didn't want to offend anybody, I wasn't sure how to convey to my boyfriend that I thought we should move as it stank in here. I was sure he could smell the offending odour too. I hit upon a brainwave and thought, I'll write it on my phone and show him.

I quickly typed out 'Stinks in here. Someone has bad B.O. Shall we move carriages?' and showed him. This is the point when he said in a rather loud voice 'BO?' (pronouncing it BO as in BO' Selecta or phonetically 'Bow') 'What's BO? Who has BO?!', at which point I went bright red and slid as far as I could, down in my train seat...
(tiddlywink, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 23:18, 8 replies)

You are the most British person in the world.

( 4Q just lurking, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 23:24, closed)

He just didn't want to tell you that it was you that stank.

( stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Sat 12 Jan 2013, 3:49, closed)

Have you thought about getting some psychiatric help for your crippling lack of self confidence?

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Sat 12 Jan 2013, 8:16, closed)

Mirror.

(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Sat 12 Jan 2013, 9:10, closed)

What are you prattling on about now, you dreary little fuck?

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Sat 12 Jan 2013, 9:16, closed)

Sun.

( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Sun 13 Jan 2013, 19:38, closed)

Did you wish you could re-e-wind...
...enter the carriage again and selecta nother seat?
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Sat 12 Jan 2013, 11:41, closed)

The problem with using the ow grapheme when expressing a word phonetically
is that it represents two phonemes. Ow as in cow or ow as in show.
So was it phonetically bow or bow? Or maybe row or row?
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Sat 12 Jan 2013, 18:13, closed)