Today I was at the grocery store and the clerc asked me about twenty questions.

It reminded me of a story I used to read to our girls when they were little. Nosey Mrs Rat had special sticky shoes so she could scale buildings to spy on her neighbours. Our girls used to laugh so much at this story. It gave us all great joy!

 Are there any Nosey Mrs. Rats in your neighbourhood?

Yes, and I think she's a Scorpio. ;-)

Not really in my neighborhood. Some have looked like they wanted to pry, then I look at them, and they stick to business at my nearest grocery store.

At work, the only people I can think of that try to ask really personal questions that aren't close friends are....two Pisces Sun women, and.....a Virgo guy. The Scorpio Sun's at work are cool, and we seem to get each other, and talk when we feel the need. : )

I usually just raise one dark eyebrow, and look slowly over at my co-workers like, "what's that? asking about my private life again? how charming."

@NTM--I liked the gingerbread man. Mm, chasing cookies all over the place appealed to my taurus/gemini I think. And the rhyme about the nun that wanted to convert a bunch of people along the Nile river, and got eaten by a crocodile that my preschool teacher taught me. ; )

Mina- The Gingerbread Man thought no one could catch him?

NTM--I think so. I believe he got eaten by an animal at some point for being too trusting about crossing a river. Hmm, I think I had an obsession with water from an early age. 

But it's been at-least twenty years since I've read that story. I still remember my Mom's voice singing The Gingerbread Man's "run run" song though. That's how I learned to read at two, singing about food with my Pisces Mum. ; )

Very special times Mina.

I think the fox ate the gingerbread man....

No nosey neighbors now. The man that owned the community store was being nosey one day and made me mad and I wouldn't go back! LOL

He asked my dad about the incident and my dad told him he might as well forget about me coming back.

I'm not going back to that store. It was one time too many.

Yup, my next-door neighbour. Her nickname is 'The Hag'.

I know, NTM, what's up with people being so nosey?  Don't like it either.

There's a lady who lives in our little town who spent a large amount of time sitting on a sofa near the window that looks into her neighbor's window (houses separated by a driveway).  The neighbors got tired of her watching them all the time so they bought enough mirrors to completely cover their windows and left them up for months!  

Not anyone in particular, though strangers love to ask me if I have a boyfriend.  Dad says that they're just trying to make small talk, but to an 8th house person like me- I don't appreciate it at all.  Oh well. 

She's perhaps been hanging out with Demelza's Cow?

(naughty cow...this book is a fave with my young nieces)

(edit because my pics keep poofing tonight..??)

hah! that nosy noodles book looks awesome! i'm going to see if it's on google for a preview.

My old next door neighbor (God rest her Soul) used to look in all my windows when we'd get in the car and drive away.  We forgot something one time, and caught her peeking in the dining room window.  When she saw us, she ran so fast back into her own yard, I think she pee'd herself! 

Thanks, NTM, your thread here apparently inspired a disturbing dream for me; and it woke me this morning ! I think I've got some repressed agression around this issue...

I dreamt that I was housesitting for someone, and their neighbour came looking into the windows, and shining a flashlight through the blinds. I ended up going outside to confront her, and did very little talking, and instead proceeded to beat the s*** out of her; and knocked her out. It was ugly !

I work with a Nosey Mrs. Rat; Gemini with a Cancer stellium.......constantly working the crowd, digging up the dirt to use against people.....it's a way of putting others down while showcasing her superior intellect.

I have found a Fun Activity in putting out false information to feed her paranoia.......

OMG Demelza -- your co-worker sounds just like my current neighbour ! 

I have a Nosey Mr. Rat at work. I feed him a different line of bull everytime he starts asking me questions.

"Where did you go on vacation?"

"OH we went to China! It was beautiful. You know they have these awesome little appetizers there."

"You really went to China?"

"No." then I walk away

LOL..that was my favorite conversation

"Did you get married."

"Yes"

"Local guy?"

"No, he's from South Africa. I imported him."

LOL

I hate when people here ask you who your family and who you are related to - really? NOT FROM HERE - THANK GOD is my normal response, lol. 

The gingerbread man used the fox to cross the river and kept moving farther up his back/head until he was on his nose and "SNAP" nom nom nom.

Now I have "run run fast you can - you can't catch me I'm the gingerbread man" running through my head, lol.

le_soleil- That was quite a dream!

I also had a weird dream. A man walked into our home while we were sleeping. The front door was not locked. I got up and started yelling at him but no sound was coming out from me. Still, I was fierce enough that he backed out the door. I kept trying to yell at him soundlessly and he was walking away, but a policeman was there and caught him.

CP- That looks like a great childrens book. 

Living in a rural area, lots of people here know everyone's business - some more than others!  It can be a little annoying, but at the same time, people in this area would give you the shirt off their back if you needed it. There are people here you could call in the middle of the night and ask for help.

But my all time favorite nosy story is my grandmother. She would sit in her chair by the window all day, and had binoculars to watch the neighbors across the street. She would tell you she was watching birds. At some point, the old guy living with family across the street figured out what she was doing, and got himself a big ol' pair of binoculars, and when my grandmother looked over to see what they were doing, he was looking right back at her!

She actually got so pissed at HIM for spying on HER, she never spoke to them again. (But I don't think she stopped spying on them!) 

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