The ramblings of a discombobulated mind
..hundred. So here it is, my 200th post. I guess it is a milestone of sorts…getting me to write 200 (semi) coherent things in less than two years…quite the achievment really when I think about it. I guess my teachers were right after all Not that I am prepared to find them and admit [...]
Tags: faux pas, milestone, wtf
Photo by Xosé CastroI don’t know if I can say that I am completely suffering from writers block right now…writers malais possibly, writers half a job definitely…the problem I have is that I have ideas…see things, hear things that would normally dump me in front of my PC for a decent writing session. Now, having [...]
Tags: Family, faux pas, food, football, liverpool, random, wtf
There is a conspiracy in Germany that Bielefeld does not exist. There are even Wikipedia entries about it. So, for any Germans reading this, it may surprise you to know that I have actually been there, eaten food and drank various soft beverages there and in fact was arrested in that veritable Bermuda Triangle of [...]
Tags: faux pas, germany, honesty
Today is that most heinously scary of all days, Friday the 13th. muahahHAHAHAHAAAAAA…or something. I personally have never subscribed to the theory that a day can be scary in and of itself, unless of course you have decided to go naked skydiving into the Everglades…with a hanky for a parachute…blindfolded and sporting “All Crocodiles are [...]
Tags: faux pas, random
Some years ago I was working in a hospital doing general network support. It was actually a great place to work and had the distinction (at the time) of having a corridor that was almost 2 miles long. That bit wasn’t quite so enjoyable as having to go from Pathology (furthest point along the corridor), [...]
Tags: faux pas, Work, wtf
Firstly, apologies for the password protected post. Maybe I will open it up in the future, but right now…that one is for me. Anyhoo, I was chatting to DS yesterday and was reminded (I forget how) about something that happened a few years ago. I was walking through a shopping center (mall to you non [...]
Tags: dad, faux pas, honesty, wtf
.. of the stalker kind. It is interesting to me what makes people tick. It is also interesting to me what goes through peoples minds sometimes. Let me explain…and whilst I do I am aware that some of you reading this might consider this a good thing and others will think of me as an [...]
Tags: drunk, faux pas, germany, honesty, wtf
I was talking today to a guy at work and we were discussing the finer virtues of my Starbucks Venti Cappuccino with 2 extra espresso shots. He said I should have asked for a Venti espresso and gone for it, which triggered a TV-Show style flashback to when I was working in Cardiff. I believe [...]
Tags: faux pas, random, wtf
So, whilst SPs decline from the dizzy heights of casanovadom continues at a rapid rate of knots….he does still have his moments. This report was submitted to LW headquarters by our roving field reporter GF. The location:Â Daves living room (AKA the Anglo Irish) Those present:Â SP, GF and a random American Marine Details are [...]
Tags: faux pas, friends, germany, wtf
On my most recent “White Van Man Excursion” I was a little early again for my train, but was hungry and thirsty and decided to stop at the Eurotunnel terminal for a bite to eat. Whilst outside sucking down a “Fatal Friend” I noticed this sign. Now, ok, it is easy to laugh at a [...]
Tags: faux pas, random, wtf
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