From the sublime to the ridiculous

Archive for April, 2004

WEATHER AND WASHING

Friday, April 30th, 2004 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Last weekend was hot, so our doddery old neighbour decided that summer had arrived and that she would turn the heating off for the entire property for the next six months (I live in one separate side of an old ...

GOLF CLUBS

Sunday, April 25th, 2004 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »

I now own a set of golf clubs and a pair of loud golf shoes. Splendid.

NAME CHANGE

Saturday, April 24th, 2004 Posted in Uncategorized | 7 Comments »

If you were to change your name, what would you change it to? I've been giving this some thought and I'd like to be called Houston Texas. For amusement value, I'd also like to have a distant coustin ...

ALCOHOL

Saturday, April 24th, 2004 Posted in Uncategorized | 8 Comments »

I am seriously considering giving up alcohol for ever. Advantages and disadvantages please..... is anyone else out there tee-total?

FILM CAREER

Thursday, April 22nd, 2004 Posted in Uncategorized | 3 Comments »

Slightly hungover, very bored and in a rather silly mood on Tuesday, an imaginative idea was constructed during conversation with an equally deranged colleague. Since Belfast is famous for bombs, we came up with a plot for a film. WARNING: This ...

HE IS THE BOY IN BELFAST CITY

Thursday, April 22nd, 2004 Posted in Uncategorized | 3 Comments »

I spent Monday night and all of Tuesday in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Fascinated by the taxi driver's commentary on the way into town on Monday night, my work colleagues and I learned a few things. 1) On one of the main ...

MAZDA MX5

Sunday, April 18th, 2004 Posted in Uncategorized | 8 Comments »

On the eve of Nick M picking up his new Mazda MX5, I have just watched the best of Top Gear and heard Anne Robinson describe the aforementioned Roadster as: "not even a hairdresser's car, it's the receptionist at the hairdresser's ...

NICKED

Sunday, April 18th, 2004 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »

My football club's last match of the season was today and we were due to play the Met Police. Ironically, our one and only goalkeeper was arrested last night and couldn't play this morning because he was still in ...

GOT YOUR NUMBER

Sunday, April 18th, 2004 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

The girlfriend of my football club's captain is training to be a police-woman. This entails going through numerous physical and mental examinations. After passing these and therefore achieving a certain level, she was given a shoulder number for ...

CP13

Wednesday, April 14th, 2004 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »

Mark R left on a jet plane for the other side of the world a whole two months ago. Not much was heard - all was quiet on the Rogers front. Until this was discovered.....