I'm not sure if this is funny or disturbing

Photo: Jeremy Early

Setting: Kew gardens, by the big duck pond. Freya, sitting on a bench admiring the ducklings, is approached by a very sweet looking grandma dressed in floral print and orthopedic shoes.

Grandma: Oh aren't the ducklings adorable, what sort of duck do you think they are?

Freya: I'm not sure, but they're very cute aren't they? (etc, this innocent duck-based conversation continues for around 5 mins)

Grandma: I was down here the other day watching some lovely coots building a lovely nest...

Freya: Mm-hmm

Grandma: They were terribly busy, collecting lovely twigs, catching lovely bugs....

Freya: Mm

Grandma: ...when all of a sudden they started (grandma's voice goes low and sadistic) they started having SEX (yelled) - MWAH HA HA HA HA

Freya: .............................?

I'm not sure if I should really be so disturbed by pensioners using the S word, and I'm sure her voice wasn't really low and sadistic (though the semi-evil laugh was genuine enough), it just seemed such a strange observation to share, with a random stranger, in a park....? Am I a granny-prude?! OR was she trying to be hip with da kids? Who knows, I think it might just be easier to watch the free wildlife porn than learning how to using the inter-magingey-net-a-ma-doodle... We all gotta get our kicks somewhere.....