My radio airtime is sporadic at the moment (hopefully this will soon change) so I thought I would use my own website to air my recent observations to firstly entertain you and secondly to reassure myself that there are people in the world as weird as me.
Have you ever been walking down the street and realized that you’re going in the complete opposite direction to where you are supposed to be going? However, instead of just turning around and walking back in the direction from which you came, you have to do something first like check your watch or phone or make a grand arm gesture and mutter to yourself to ensure that no one in the surrounding area thinks you’re crazy by randomly switching directions on the pavement.
Also, in my house I am the one lumbered with the ‘big shop’. My missus can’t stand shopping in supermarkets for food so ‘muggings’ here, trundles off once a week to the local Asda to collect our groceries. When you do your food shopping this way you obviously buy 7 days worth of food in one go. Getting that food back into your house can often prove tricky, especially if you live on the 3rd floor of an apartment building which doesn’t have a lift (elevator if you’re reading in the states). As I am a man, I would rather try to carry 10 plastic bags full to the brim of food in each hand than take 2 trips to bring my groceries in, cutting off the circulation in several of my fingers, scarring me for several hours afterwards.
Another thing, have you ever had to spell something phonetically over the phone to someone? I had to give an address to a taxi firm. Every time I have to spell a word using ‘as in’ examples, I undoubtedly draw a blank and sound like a complete idiot. My best effort came with the letter G. I’ve watched ‘The Bill’ plenty of times, I know that ‘Golf’ is G in the phonetic alphabet, but on this occasion I decided to roll with a 1980’s film classic!
“Yes that’s G as in … (10 second lapse )… ummm … GOONIES”
One Response to Wrong Direction – 24/11/11
Hello, I simply wanted to take time to make a comment and say I have really enjoyed reading your site.
By adam, On December 1, 2011 at 11:53 pm