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Life is riddled with a procession of minor impediments

Started by Bouwel, 10 August, 2009, 11:08:13 AM

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Roger Godpleton

He's only trying to be what following how his dreams make you wanna be, man!

Dandontdare

the first workman arrived at QUARTER PAST BLOODY SEVEN this morning. They're removing asbestos from the kitchen today, and the full kitchen/bathroom refit has beenb put off till early Jan, so I've got about a month and a half of disruption and mess ahead. Oh joy.

COMMANDO FORCES

I was so shagged last night that when I sat at the dining room table in front of this, in the wee hours, my head spent most of the time in contact with the aforementioned table. I eventually managed to wake myself enough to crawl into bed :-[

I had so many things to do but alas that's life!

House of Usher

Got the carpenter round to work on the stairs. Already he's propped open his toolbox against the brand new wallpaper and balanced his saw, teeth down, along the top of the newly-glossed skirting board, also resting against the brand new wallpaper.
STRIKE !!!

COMMANDO FORCES

I have a feeling that that carpenter is going to visit a freshly dug patch of earth in your garden soon HoU. Just don't let on to the police that he was at your house when the search begins for him ;)

SuperSurfer

Quote from: House of Usher on 11 December, 2009, 11:56:23 AM
Got the carpenter round to work on the stairs. Already he's propped open his toolbox against the brand new wallpaper and balanced his saw, teeth down, along the top of the newly-glossed skirting board, also resting against the brand new wallpaper.

Well isn't that what we all pay these people for? To fix five things and break two?

COMMANDO FORCES

The latest edition of SFX arrived in the post today all creased and slightly torn, in fact it was so creased that two creases appeared on every fucking page.
Anyway due to there being hardly any mentions of 2000AD or Dredd material in the mag this year I have decided to bin my renewal in January. I'm sick of reading about Dr Who all the time (saying that I don't read about 90% of the stuff now).
I nearly binned it last year but the subs people rang me up and made me an offer I couldn't refuse. Well this year I will refuse as I can't take it any more!

Dandontdare

Quote from: COMMANDO FORCES on 11 December, 2009, 08:31:53 PM
I'm sick of reading about Dr Who all the time (saying that I don't read about 90% of the stuff now).

I don't read SFX regularly any more, but I got the recent "sci fi of the 21st century" special - about half of it seemed to be unquestioning fawning over Who - I think I may finally have had enough of this mag. (PS if anyone wants 2 of the 3 free gifts, just PM me - I'm happy to give away the crappy Star Trek mousemat and the double-sided Firefly/Lord of the Rings poster, but the calendar will be in my kitchen for the next 12 months)

Roger Godpleton

I suppose this belongs in the fictional "Life doesn't do much to upset my personal inertia" thread but as I was looking through the "humour" section in Waterstone's (I was looking for "Stuff White People Like") I saw a Acme Novelty Library volume in there. Of course it's entirely possible that another customer chose not to put it back properly but it's more likely that no one who worked there  to peruse the contents to more correctly identify it in "Graphic Novels".  I didn't buy it because it didn't even have a proper price label. Nor did I put it in Graphic Novels because I don't work there.
He's only trying to be what following how his dreams make you wanna be, man!

House of Usher

#954
I have a debilitating cold, but I still did three shifts at work this week, stayed up late to prepare, had the carpenter round to fix the bannister, and have in-laws visiting. Good job the missus was up to the task of tidying up despite being ill herself. If it'd been my own family popping in I'd have told them to skip it because we're in no state to receive visitors.

Anyway, I've a very agreeable glass of Jacob's Creek Shiraz Cabernet to amuse me and the guests are no trouble at all.
STRIKE !!!

COMMANDO FORCES

Had a fun filled drive last night. Stuck in a traffic jam on M25 just before M11 for an hour, slowly moving (two cars in a collision in the contraflow). Then after junction 25 hit another jam which shut the motorway (later on) but eventually passed the scene of destruction about 2 hours later (a car had gone up the back of a trailer, looked like a fatal to me) I managed to get my 45 minute break in lane 2 whilst I was waiting, which helped.
Then up the M1 there was a car on it's roof and the someone being treated by the medics at the roadside (luckily I got past this one before they could close the road).
Let's hope tonight there are some better drivers out there!
These were minor to me but obviously the worst thing possible to the poor people involved.

Mike Gloady

All three of the kids next door AND their stupid aggressive effing dog are shrieking, barking and swearing while I'm trying to wathch the Return of The Magnificent Seven.  Goodbye atmosphere....
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Peter Wolf

About an hour ago i got the end of a cotton bud stuck right inside my ear so i went up to A+E which is 10 minutes walk around the corner from my house.I only had to wait 15 minutes before being seen by a gorgeous nurse who was very friendly to the point of being flirtatious.

MMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmm..........



Anyway because of this and that i have to wait until monday morning to have this object sucked out of my ear by a specialist.

Such is life.............

I had exactly the same thing happen when i went to the tax office and talked to the attractive Black woman about my tax affairs.
Worthing Bazaar - A fete worse than death

COMMANDO FORCES

Did she smack your wrist and tell you that you shouldn't put those in your ears?

Colin YNWA

Quote from: Peter Wolf on 12 December, 2009, 06:07:58 PM
I had exactly the same thing happen when i went to the tax office and talked to the attractive Black woman about my tax affairs.


Surely sticking cotton buds in your ear isn't the thing to do when talking to a tax officer, attractive or otherwise????!!!!