So then, I kicked him in the face and told him to stop humming.

Is it a bird? Is it a Plane? NO! It's...oh no...wait a sec...it's a bird. False alarm guys...as you were.

People have a tendency to overreact to things.

In the library at my university, somebody was humming. It was a bit irritating I'll confess...but it wasn't particularly loud and after 5 minutes or so I kind of tuned it out. Simple.

If I had decided to say something to this guy, I imagine the conversation would have gone something like this:

" Hey, mate...sorry but could you stop humming?"

"Oh, yeah sure, sorry, just in a world of my own!"

Easy.
Unfortunately, the guy sitting the other side of me did decide to say something...and the conversation didn't really go like that...oh no.

"Oi! You! What's your problem? You shut your face or I will wreck you, yeah?"

At this point the guy who was humming hurriedly got up and left.

I mean...he was humming! That was all! I dread to think what would have happened if he was singing...

Oh what's that? There's a guy over there singing to himself really quietly? Somebody pass me my axe.
Oh what's that? There's a guy over there breathing quite loudly? Somebody pass me my thumbscrews.
Oh what's that? There's a guy over there eating with his mouth open? Release the lion.

Sigh.

Thanks

Iain jb