The Official Nonsense Thread

[Minty]

(07-04-2015 03:19 PM)Caspin Wrote:  Speaking of food, I saw something truly grim yesterday. A bloke at the footy had a cup of bovril (the horror) and a Kit Kat. I only noticed because I was ogling his son's sausage roll and his wife's pie and peas. She'd had the peas, which were mushy, put on the lid of the pie and then glued them down with the most solid gravy I've ever seen. I was quite alarmed by this because it would surely make the top of the pie soggy and I like a crisp pie top. Also she was eating it with a wooden fork. Those things always make me nervous because of the splinter risks. I prefer to carry a steel camping spork with me for such occasions. What was I talking about? Oh yes, bovril. Anyway, this bloke gets his Kit Kat and DUNKS it in bovril. I nearly threw up all over the stand.

Yeah, I've seen muppets at the Junior games dunking Mars Bars & all sorts into their Bovril. Can't stand Bovril anyway, totally minging, but dunking Mars Bars & KitKats into it is completely bogging.

(09-04-2015 04:51 PM)Caspin Wrote:  Tomorrow I am going to see Oppenheimer. I missed out on seeing it in Stratford but happily they have conveniently transferred it to London for me. Apparently they are going to demonstrate the detonation of an atomic bomb on the stage. I suppose there will be some mad lighting effects and possibly loud noises. I will prepare myself for this and sit in a state of readiness, then jump out of my skin regardless. It always happens and there's nothing I can do about it. I'm just jumpy and that's that.

Should go down a bomb

I had a Labour door knocker yesterday for the first time in my life. All they got off me was "so now you look set to lose the seat, now you care suddenly after ignoring this street for decades?". Which was true: even when they lost control of the council, still the only ones who chapped doors at election time ever were the SNP & once the Tories. No one else ever bothered.

Discovered today on Twitter that they hadn't even been from the town, they had to get people in from Glasgow because the local party members couldn't be bothered, & having been found out they were hastily removing the incriminating photos.

Up here it's only the Greens & SNP who have any footsoldiers, plus the Scottish Socialists. They're always doing something one weekend in two all year round & it's paying rewards in having members used to a routine of having to give up set amounts of spare time to man a stall or canvass.

Horrible weekend with my throat feeling like I'd been eating razor blades. I've also been warned that the firm didn't do as well as anticipated last financial year, & if matters don't pick up in the next three months they'll be cutting back on staff. Time to start looking around elsewhere, unless this is some sick stunt to increase "productivity".

GTA 5 out next week. Should I get it?

[Caspin]

(12-04-2015 06:13 PM)Minty Wrote:  GTA 5 out next week. Should I get it?

Yes, yes you should.

You weren't really one for GTA previously, were you? It is entertaining to watch, what with the cars and the guns and the amazing scenery. I think I preferred GTA IV in some ways. Since you are accustomed to playing games in which your character has to move and shoot at the same time, you might get more out of it than me. I need someone else to play it (someone competent) so I can just view it as a movie.

Sorry you aren't feeling well. Are you getting sick again or could it be allergies? I felt horrendous last Friday when that smog descended, like my head was being pressed in a vice, but thankfully it only lasted that one day and then a rain shower the following morning did a good job of clearing the air. I was relieved, as I had to go into central London on Saturday, something I normally avoid at the weekend, to meet a friend who was in town and had a limited window of time in which to see me. Since he moved to Bodmin Moor over a year ago I haven't seen him at all, so it was worth the effort, but fighting my way through roadworks and tourists (equally obstructive) I thought how much worse it would have been with a headache and a cloudy brain.

All the election propaganda has been keeping my recycling box nice and full. The whole lot of them must thing voters are idiots and entirely incapable of fact-checking or research. Some of the lies and nonsense they write in those fliers have me absolutely aghast. I have corresponded with the candidates in my area over the last year about a variety of matters and I know who I'm going to vote for from those standing in the constituency. I don't support their party as a whole, not by a very long way, but from the information I've gathered and the conversations I've had with them, the candidate will best represent me as an MP. They're pro-NHS and anti-Trident. They were there on the picket line at my local hospital when I was supporting the strike and I've seen them at anti-TTIP campaigns. I just want my postal ballot to arrive now so I can fill it out, send it back and try to calm down about the whole thing. It seems that the SNP should do very well so Labour should probably cut their losses and focus on fighting the Tories in England instead of wasting time trying to persuade Scots that they're the right choice up there. And I wonder if the Lib Dems will get a single seat this time round?! Anyway, we must not bore everyone about the election so I shall say no more.

Fingers crossed that you don't get the chop at work. Did those people who were not-very-mysteriously coming into work in interview suits leave or are they still hanging around? Perhaps enough people will jump ship that those remaining will be kept on.

[Caspin]

This is most relaxing. I have a day off work today, which makes it feel like Saturday, then tomorrow is actual Saturday. So I have two Saturdays. Yay me!

I have spent quite a lot of the day preparing my flat because tomorrow two cats are coming to stay while their owners go on holiday for a few weeks. I am looking forward to it but am also a bit nervous. I have been collecting boxes because I believe cats enjoy sitting in boxes and also a lot of ribbons and strings and bells, as I understand they like these things to play with. I hope they will enjoy their stay. *chews fingernails* One cat is supposed to be quite shy and timid so I've hoovered under the sofa in case she wants to hide under there.

Think I'll go and do some reading now. I have got shockingly behind and there is this mighty stack of books and articles threatening to topple over and maim someone.

Happy weekend to all!

[Minty]

Yes, give cats cardboard boxes or a large pile of newspapers spread all over the floor & you can keep them entertained for hours.

I've been off work very sick the last two days, & have finally managed to get a face to face appointment with this new doctor's practice. Except that the real doctor sat in the corner whilst a student got some practice.

I also discovered that the previous doctor had decided to stick down on my record that I was allergic to a particular type of antibiotic when I was nothing of the sort. There were only three of us waiting in a surgery of four doctors, yet I had to insist on an emergency appointment like they were gold dust, & the receptionist at first couldn't find me on their records when I arrived that morning. They're completely taking the rip.

However, the alternative is going private for a £70 "consultation". That's what life would be like if those wanting to privatise the NHS got their way. I'm so glad Dr Richard Taylor's going to try & get his old Wyre Forest seat back. The Tories and UKIP are neck & neck for the seat, so he could ride right past both on a split vote.

[Caspin]

Hope you feel better soon. Take it easy won't you?

Dr Taylor has won before and so he could win again. I would love to see Dr Louise Irvine beat Jeremy Hunt, but that's a bigger ask. I am being constantly pestered by the Lib Dems. They keep coming round and are now ringing my buzzer and asking for me by name. Do they think I'm inviting them in for tea or something? Sod off!

The cats have arrived and are hiding under the sofa. They don't seem at all keen to come out. If I look under there I can just see these green eyes. I am leaving them alone - they can come and say hello when they are ready. I have built them a fort out of my collected wine boxes and I've set up their scratching post. Hopefully they are not going to remain under the sofa for a fortnight! It must be very unsettling for them to be dumped in a strange place.

[Caspin]

My postal vote arrived on Sunday so I have filled it out and sent it off. Civic duty done, sit back and see what chaos and horror shall follow.

It's my birthday today, apparently. I forgot all about it when I woke up - I was so busy trying not to have my hands ripped off by hungry cats (it would seem that I do not open their food at sufficient speed) and then merrily cleaning out the litter tray while trying to get out the house to get to work. Then my brother texted me at six, so then I remembered. By complete chance, one of my colleagues has arrived at work with a massive cake - his girlfriend is making a lot of cakes as practice, as she is responsible for making a tier of someone's wedding cake - so we are receiving the prototypes at work. So I have decided it's my birthday cake. It is quite nice not to have to make one!

Hope Minty's feeling a little better at least.

Right, it's Monday - get stuck into work/school everybody!

[Wandarine]

Happy birthday, Caspin!

Monday again, but it's a short week for me. I decided to take thursday and friday off. 4-day-weekend coming soon

[Caspin]

Thanks, Wanda. Another year. I don't think birthdays are really worth acknowledging once you get past 25.

Very wise to truncate the working week. I could do with a few more short ones too. Enjoy!

[Minty]

OMG, happy belated birthday Caspin!

Don't even talk about work. They've dug themselves in a big hole because they never met the impossible targets they set themselves last year & are now running around for scapegoats instead of manning up & taking the heat for bragging up that they could do the unachievable. There's no such thing as a perpetually expanding market, least of all in an economic downturn. Muppets!

On the plus side I pulled their arses right out of the fire over what would have been a disaster, so I'm current flavour of the week. Not to worry, I'll be the bloodsucking spawn of Hades next week & all will be back to normal.

Hibs have overtaken Rangers with one week to go

Shocked that Tranmere went down instead of the Monkey Hangers.

[Ollie]

Oh dear Caspin, sorry I didn't see this earlier-happy extremely belated birthday!