LANGUAGE BARRIER
Thursday, October 30th, 2003 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Conversation between a manager and a French exchange student this morning during a pre-meeting chat, with myself and a colleague in the same office around the same desk, listening intently. Manager (to French student): "So how long will you spend ...
BLACK EYE
Thursday, October 30th, 2003 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Dublin was four days of endless drinking, mindless banter and non-stop laughs, but that will be written up in full a bit later. We returned on Tuesday evening after far too few hours sleep, our livers and wallets reeling from the ...
WIBBLER TOUR OF DUBLIN 2003
Wednesday, October 29th, 2003 Posted in Classics, Drunken Antics, Holidays | No Comments »DAY 1 - Saturday 25th October Our flight was scheduled to leave at 7am so we had to be at Heathrow by 5am to check in. Simon S, Michelle C, Nick M and I decided that 3am would be a good ...
CLOCKS
Friday, October 24th, 2003 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »Last night, Alex M invited me out with two girls he knew from his university days. I had never met these girls before and we were due to meet them for a curry and a beer in the Moon ...
TWO HABITS
Thursday, October 16th, 2003 Posted in Uncategorized | 3 Comments »Over the past ten days or so, I have noticed two things about myself: 1) I have a constant hunger and am permanently looking forward to my next meal. Is this me fattening myself up for the winter, or ...
REM COMPETITION
Monday, October 13th, 2003 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »So there I was, sat at my desk, working away on something or other when my mobile rang. It was Alex M. "I need a favour mate, I need you to write an email to XFM Radio telling them why ...
HORSE ON M25
Saturday, October 11th, 2003 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »"Come on mate, we ought to go" I said to Mark yesterday morning as we both hurried to get ready for work, me panicking about the interview I had scheduled for 9am. So we set off in good time, allowing that ...
COW
Wednesday, October 8th, 2003 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »So there I was, happily driving down the road, just about sticking to the 40mph speed limit and merrily singing away to Easyworld's 'Junkies and Whores' when a police car came the other way. I slowed down a bit, ...
WIFE SWAP
Wednesday, October 8th, 2003 Posted in Uncategorized | 3 Comments »Last night Channel 4 screened the second episode of the second series of 'WIFE SWAP' - an ingenious programme where the wives in two families switch roles for 10 days and take on their lives, jobs, families and responsibilities. To say ...
COFFEE MACHINE
Monday, October 6th, 2003 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Nine months ago, when I was working in a different department in a different building, my colleagues always ridiculed me about the number of times I went to the coffee machine - creamichoc, cappuccino, cold water, leafy tea - you ...
