Quote Originally Posted by Rex_Tremende View Post
A couple of storefronts down from the UK retail store, you can sign up for an amusing and interesting tour of "Underground Seattle." I was not aware that a good portion of the original city is buried, one storey deep, under land that was scraped off the hills above and redistributed at sea level. In some 33 blocks of the city, there remains limited access to original sidewalks and store fronts. $14 or so (depending on the time of year) gets you 90 minutes of history and comedy, and access to three of those blocks.

So, I had just collected my paper bracelet ticket, and asked a guide for assistance getting it secured around my wrist, when a middle-aged, middle-America (Texan, actually) couple comes up behind me. The wife (I presumed they were married) asks the guide some question about where to go next or some-such. The guide asks me, "Is this woman bothering you?"

The wife answers, "Not yet," and takes a step or two more into the waiting area.

The husband sidles up very close - alarmingly close - to me and in some sort of a lounge-lizard voice purrs into my ear, "I'd love to know what you're wearing under your kilt!"

Astonished, I look at his wife. I turn to him and smile. "Only my dates get to know the answer," I say brightly. "Are you asking me out??"

"Um, no," he dumures, nods in the direction of the puzzled looking woman on the other side of me, and adds, "I'm kind of busy tonight." They both bustle on.

Match. Set. Point!


Regards,
Rex.
Rex, I just LOVE that story - it actually made me laugh aloud (not something I should be doing with severe bronchitis!!)

I took that underground tour when I was in Seattle four years ago and consider it one of the 'must dos' of the city. Thanks so much for the photos - mine are all pre-digital. Also 'did' the Space Needle, Pike Market, the Monorail - the lot - and loved every minute.