Musings From The Chair

The most recent is my neglect of a slow punctured tyre which caused the flat I had on Wednesday on the way to work. Luckily a nice man in a white van stopped to help me, and my spare was a full width, but it was my own fault for not checking and replacing the tyre before now.

(Edit by Magnox:  As the beeps get closer and closer together, it does not mean 'go faster and faster'.....)

Now, I can only aspire to become a true wife car muppeteer because my feats are apparently lame by some standards. Take a true story I heard from a friend  at a Wife Car Muppetry Annonymous (WCMA) meeting: putting oil in the windscreen washer becasue - and I quote - 'they were in the same coloured bottle'.

But my coup de gras must be when the roof of my car wasn't going down properly and I took it to the Vauxhall garage. After much mulling over, testing, getting an identical car next to it and seeing how that worked, the man in the garage was surprised and not a little perplexed to see the face of Winnie the Pooh staring back at him in the rear window as the roof came down.

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you, Exhibit No. 1:

The evolution of Man

Er...looks safe enough?

Guarding the parking spot

And while Cancer will want to know everything about you, they're anything but open in return.

Instead try dating: Leo, Sagittarius, Gemini, or Aquarius

Yipee! Hubster's an Aquarian.

Your partying style: Understated and polite

Your company is enjoyed best with: Cold or wild meat

Go here.

And Pippin from Lord of the Rings...

I wonder what he would have said about Big Brother...

Started to write down a problem/solution for the house, which was clearly a mistake, as it's already three A4 pages long and I've only done three rooms ! Tsk. Still, small chunks, though. I'm going to try this approach:

When a situation feels overwhelming, try this. Break down the task down into smaller ones. Then prioritize what is most important to you. Now, do the first task on your list. Believe it or not, you will begin to feel better and ready for more. The important thing is to just do something towards your goal. No matter how small, it's a start and will break you out of feeling helpless.

Po had the bare-faced cheek to bring a rabbit into the lounge when I was watching TV. Chased him out, but he got his revenge by leaving the most colourful parts on the hallway carpet for me. Sorry, you probably didn't need to know that. But you can tell by his expression that he's full of remorse.

So here's one of my favourite clips from Red Dwarf - ever had a meeting like this at work? Buffoon boss at my work is Kryten here and Cool Boss is Rimmer:

But they probably can't start until September (boo)

Oh well, on and upwards.

Just wanted to say that this guy - Daleks be damned - was a pretty scary villain. Could have out-acted everyone. Good job the Doc took care of him!!

Queue with lots of people holding large newspapers who think they are being trendy by snubbing the proper 'cafes'.

The staff can usually never pronounce anything in English.

If you're in an airport Starbucks then they scowl at you and make you feel guilty for daring to come to the airport Starbucks as if your very purpose in life was to make them miserable.

And then...

Coffe and a pastry? That'll be the price of a bottle of wine then.

Oh, you're eating in? Then that'll be the price of a good bottle of wine then, like, from South Africa or something.

Starbucks sucks.

Sorry, just had to get that off my chest.

Here's a cartoon and a link to an excellently funny blog I've just found.

Link