At the Oasis

Quite surprised by an incident on the street on friday.

I saw a man in ‘camo’ gear sitting astride a bicycle watching me walk toward him.

As I drew level with him he asked by ‘where did you buy that arab scarf thing?’

I ignored him and kept walking – deciding that to answer (quite truthfully) that I had bought it at the Oasis was not a good move.

He passed me three times on his bike before cycling away.

The item in question is a soft cotton scarf square which I did indeed buy at the Oasis some fifteen years ago…

Except that the Oasis in question was the ‘hippy’ market in Birmingham!