Brixton chitter chatter, part 2

[se5]

maybe they want us to buy the paper

But all this was taken from my reading of the paper which I bought this morning - there is nothing on the website yet (Tues lunchtime) about anything

 

[se5]

maybe they want us to buy the paper

But all this was taken from my reading of the paper which I bought this morning - there is nothing on the website yet (Tues lunchtime) about anything

Edited - sorry this seems to have appeared twice

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

But all this was taken from my reading of the paper which I bought this morning - there is nothing on the website yet (Tues lunchtime) about anything

I heard you the first time

 

[Not a Vet]

I think the woman in the road is non-existent unless whilst rubbernecking the first incident, she was overcome just as nipsla's mate walked past

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I think the woman in the road is non-existent unless whilst rubbernecking the first incident, she was overcome just as nipsla's mate walked past

but it's not just Nipsla's mate. I've heard the story from other local people. Maybe Nipsla's mates has spread the word around Brixon Hill?

 

[tufty79]

nipsla and her bloody gossippy mates, eh?
wouldn't sit near 'em if i saw 'em down the pub or anything like that...

 

[tarannau]

Hey, let's play chinese whispers about road accidents and assaults. All the fun of small village with a more dangerous edge...

 

[bluestreak]

and isn't the arm the jib?

i don't know. it might be. ditto bed / back.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Hey, let's play chinese whispers about road accidents and assaults. All the fun of small village with a more dangerous edge...

Don't think there's anything wrong with people wanting to find out what's going on in their area.

OK, so the guy's been arrested and the other guy's in hospital. But people might want to know if there's a mad axeman on the loose

 

[teuchter]

If it turns out there is a mad axeman on the loose, what precautions should I take?

 

[tufty79]

keep calm and carry on.

oh, sorry, i don't live in east dulwich any more...

run into the albert and hide behind the bar.

 

[teuchter]

keep calm and carry on.

oh, sorry, i don't live in east dulwich any more...

run into the albert and hide behind the bar.

I'm not sure the albert is the best place to hide from mad axemen.

 

[tarannau]

Don't think there's anything wrong with people wanting to find out what's going on in their area.

OK, so the guy's been arrested and the other guy's in hospital. But people might want to know if there's a mad axeman on the loose

So far we've had the victim down as Polish pimp, or perhaps an aggressive Eastern European beggar. And there may or may not have been a road accident, with a dead person gushing blood and providing awesome photo shooting opportunities. There certainly hasn't been an axeman, and even I'd trust the police to spill the beans if a mad chainsaw wielding nutter was roaming local streets with murder on the mind.

I don't know, I just find the whole thing slightly depressing. Human curiosity and taking warning from previous incidents are understandable enough, but there seems an almost unseemly haste to chase the details of every yellow board incident on here recently. As I've said before I've known the details and one of the people involved on one the assaults gossipped about on here previously and I found it distasteful. And entirely inaccurate unsurprisingly.

I'm sure the full story will come out shortly and we'll all learn great life lessons from it. Or something

 

[tufty79]

i dunno - they've got a secure cellar an' that.. and a few people looking out for each other..

i'm just getting to know the area properly. any safer place suggestions (inc. the polis station?) welcome

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

If it turns out there is a mad axeman on the loose, what precautions should I take?

watch for a uncomfortable looking swagger. Axes are quite heavy when stuck down your trousers.

Once you have determined that the person you suspect is indeed a mad axeman, start running before he can pull axe out from his trousers.

 

[tufty79]

run before he reveals his big chopper?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

So far we've had the victim down as Polish pimp, or perhaps an aggressive Eastern European beggar. And there may or may not have been a road accident, with a dead person gushing blood and providing awesome photo shooting opportunities. There certainly hasn't been an axeman, and even I'd trust the police to spill the beans if a mad chainsaw wielding nutter was roaming local streets with murder on the mind.

I don't know, I just find the whole thing slightly depressing. Human curiosity and taking warning from previous incidents are understandable enough, but there seems an almost unseemly haste to chase the details of every yellow board incident on here recently. As I've said before I've known the details and one of the people involved on one the assaults gossipped about on here previously and I found it distasteful. And entirely inaccurate unsurprisingly.

I'm sure the full story will come out shortly and we'll all learn great life lessons from it. Or something

Right, a mad axeman is obviously an exaggeration, but if this person hadn't been caught, then there was the chance that there's some nutter on Brixton Hill that people need to be aware of.

Then again, who's to say that it wasn't all an accident and the Pole didn't fall into the window

 

[tarannau]

Oh pish Minnie. If there was a genuine ongoing risk or pattern developing then I'd support a warning, but it's clearly not the case here. Unless you really are a Polish pimp who's angered an imaginary mad axeman.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Oh pish Minnie. If there was a genuine ongoing risk or pattern developing then I'd support a warning, but it's clearly not the case here. Unless you really are a Polish pimp who's angered an imaginary mad axeman.

A Polish guy tried to mug me on Brixton Hill once. He didn't have an axe though and I don't think he was a pimp trying to recruit me. I could be wrong though

 

[Winot]

Does anyone know what's happening at the Brixton Rd end of Ferndale Rd? There are some new traffic lights aimed back up FR which allow traffic coming down FR towards BR to turn right towards the tube when the new pedestrian crossing lights are green. However, the road is still one way going away from BR.

 

[RaverDrew]

Does anyone know what's happening at the Brixton Rd end of Ferndale Rd? There are some new traffic lights aimed back up FR which allow traffic coming down FR towards BR to turn right towards the tube when the new pedestrian crossing lights are green. However, the road is still one way going away from BR.

I saw a load of cops in fluoro jackets inbetween there and SW9 bar when I walked past around 11pm. Dunno if it's related ?

 

[lozenge]

Does anyone know what's happening at the Brixton Rd end of Ferndale Rd? There are some new traffic lights aimed back up FR which allow traffic coming down FR towards BR to turn right towards the tube when the new pedestrian crossing lights are green. However, the road is still one way going away from BR.

The traffic lights are so bicycles can turn right (but apparently not left) on to Brixton Road. Very odd.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I saw the pretty blue lights in the pavement outside Brixton Tube lit up last night.

First time I've noticed them.

 

[Not a Vet]

Witnessed a cracking argument between a woman and preacher man this morning outside iceland. It was a losing battle for the woman due the microphone abilities versus the woman's voice. She resorted to shouting fuck off and he just kept saying "Repent Repent", most amusing.

 

[quimcunx]

I saw the pretty blue lights in the pavement outside Brixton Tube lit up last night.

First time I've noticed them.

I was going to say that!

 

[teuchter]

I saw the pretty blue lights in the pavement outside Brixton Tube lit up last night.

First time I've noticed them.

Blue pavement lights might have been novel and in fashion when they started rebuilding the tube station last century.

Now they just look cheap and nasty cos you see them everywhere.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Blue pavement lights might have been novel and in fashion when they started rebuilding the tube station last century.

Now they just look cheap and nasty cos you see them everywhere.

I've never noticed them, but then I don't normally go looking at pavements

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I was going to say that!

I do apologise

teuchter thinks they're naff

 

[Not a Vet]

I've never noticed them, but then I don't normally go looking at pavements

You must be a bit further away from the ground than some....

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

You must be a bit further away from the ground than some....

I wouldn't say that