Smug Smooches GO HOME

They come in their hordes, not content to keep their smug coupledom locked up in the privacy of their own home, to cruelly dangle their satisfaction in front of single people at every turn.

But this is nothing new. The public display of affection has been haunting those members of the public with no affection to display since the beginning of time. Wikipedia’s page on the public display of affection is complete with the painting titled ‘Arthur and Guinevere kiss before all the people’, a somewhat restrained image of the mythological royalty.

Such is the frequency of public displays of affection that its own acronym has been even been invented – the PDA.

Lately I’ve been catching the bus from a different bus stop, which in itself is not a problem. What becomes a problem is the route from college to this bus stop – right past the UQ Lakes.

For those initiated with this area of UQ, let me enlighten you. The rancid smell of duck, geese and other assorted bird’s poo wafts through the air, with these incriminating poultry lurking menacingly ready to attack. The lake itself beckons, the water a murky mixture prone to transmitting rashes to any who dare to succumb to its allure – or perhaps that’s due the PDAs themselves.

Doesn’t exactly sound like the perfect romantic getaway, now does it? Wrong! UQ students have unofficially voted this the ideal spot of PDAs, and choose to demonstrate their choice daily.

To these self-satisfied couples one word of advice – stop flaunting your love lives to the rest of us singles. We don’t care.