Suburbia

We were out cleaning the car today and our neighbours passed us by – “The Bi’s” without saying a word.

This isn’t my concern as to be honest I couldn’t care less about most of my neighbours. Richard did however help clear up the front porch of the old lady across the road as a fox had ripped open her bin bags…

Anyway this lead me to think about the neighbours we have and the names we secretly give them. Obviously the people we like haven’t been nick named – they are just neighbours (such as the old dear across the road).

I just wondered if anyone else labels their neighbours in such a manner?

What kind of names do we give our neighbours and why?

Here’s a brief run down of ours (some details have been omitted to protect the innocent!):

• The Bi’s Named because the man of the house keeps eyeing up Richard and has been seen in the garden on the phone playing with himself.
  The Bi’s are a strange household of northerners who think they are superior to everyone else and yet they are possibly one of the most dysfunctional families I have ever seen (in fact very much akin to modern families in the UK today)
• The Gothic Hand Maiden and the Invisible Man Both very odd characters. He never leaves the house. She is only seen very rarely. The nickname is not ours – it was on a NetFlix DVD that was posted in our door by mistake
• The Lebanese Surely this one needs no explanation, simple name for the two ladies who munch that live in the road.

Now I know that some people may have nicknames for us but I find it interesting we prefer to do such a think rather than actually meet and know people…

I am sure some of you know all your neighbours and are very neighbourly but are you really friends? Are you acquaintances? Would you have ever approached them if you didn’t happen to live in one anothers shadows?

I think the concept of neighbours is rapidly dying out in the UK (well until a TV camera is shoved in someones face following some incident).

As I sit here typing this, listening to the new Natalie Imbruglia album I cannot help but realise how different real life is to the Aussie soap!