Stalagmites

I always remember the difference between stalagmites and stalactites because "tights come down and mites go up". A geography teacher at some point taught us that at school. So here are some stalagmites, spotted this morning.

It's been a funny old day. I slept through my alarm going off five times, so ended up on a later train than planned. Not a big deal. Or so I thought. But it was quite a busy train, and the woman next to me (window side, at a table of four) got really angry at the woman who sat down facing her, for putting her feet in her "space". They actually had a full on argument. Since I'm helpful, through laughter, I offered to referee. Angry woman one was clearly in the wrong, angry woman two laughed with me. Angry woman one continued the argument a bit herself, then made her elbows go really wide so she was now in "my" space. I just leaned on her. When they both stood up to get off, I helpfully said "I was expecting you both to be eight foot tall!" making fun of the argument again. Angry woman one made noises and angry woman two laughed again. I don't think angry woman one is a regular train commuter, perhaps normally a driver who decided not to drive in snow, so unsure how to act in travel company. I hope my comments help her in her further train travels.

Then the NHS tweeted a weird tweet. "It's cervical cancer awareness week (CCAW). Help spread the word with a smear selfie." I've since found out is part of a campaign asking you to smear your lipstick on your face. However we were all bemused in the office as to what the heck we were being asked to snap?! A colleague remarked "how will we know who is who?" and another "ask if we need a flash or not" which I did. The tweets now gone and a more appropriately worded one is in its place, and I got a tweet from them clarifying!

Then I bought a coffee because I was freezing when I got on the train home there, and it EXPLODED on me and the table and seat. I have no idea how this happened. I think maybe I was covering the air hole as I walked, til I put it down on the table.

A day of oddness and its not even six pm. I'd remark that my trains late leaving but that's not odd at all.