January 2012
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December 2011
8 posts
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November 2011
10 posts
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I remember cringing at my mum and her mates getting house-party-boozey and dancing really badly and doing the limbo with a broom.
Last night this is what we did, but with an oar.
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Amusing recap of boys evening out
Boy 1: I fancy a curry tonight, I don’t have them often as Girl 1 isn’t that keen on ‘em.
Boy 2: Hey yeah, same with Girl 2, she doesn’t like them either.
Boy 3: Er, hold the phone, Girl 3 (me) is a curry hater too. WTF.
Boys skip off to curry house and report back that it’s lacklustre and it’s tough to find the perfect curry. Or even just a good one.
I’ve been making some quite rash decisions lately based on a hunch. Nothing major, just getting tattoos and stuff. But I feel really good about these decisions and I feel that ever more increasingly I am beginning to trust my hunches. My latest hunchish decision happened today. Today is the day I became the owner of my second piece of art, real art. It happened by chance, and I feel so so...
Say what
Me: My parcel hasn't arrived.
Topshop guy: Where was it being sent.
Me: [I say my address].
Topshop guy: Is that in Australia?
Me: No, London. I live in London. And I'm not Australian.
Topshop guy: Oh. Ah, yes it looks like it's gone missing in the post. I can arrange a refund for you.
Me: But I still want the stuff.
Topshop guy: Oh, really?
Me: Yes.
Topshop guy: Oh it's easier if I refund you and then you order them again. Otherwise I have to deal with the post guys.
Me: FFS.
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October 2011
14 posts
Overheard
Guy in the post office: I do have a passport, but it has my old name on it. Most of my friends call me Richard now.
The Poverty Trap by Caitlin Moran (The Times...
‘There is one massive difference between being rich and being poor, and it is this: when you are poor, you feel heavy’
We’ve recently heard a lot about the gulf between the rich and the poor – the difference between those with money, and those without.
Well, I’ve been poor and I’ve been rich. When I was poor, I knew I was poor because we lived on benefits, slept on mattresses on the floor, ...
Learnt a new and ingenious word from a 5yo today: “we had an argusation”. Simplicity rules.
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September 2011
6 posts
“Baby, I’m free”
– Estimated 70-year-old as I walked past at lunch today
Email re mousegate in the office
It’s dead!
Meralize accidently killed it trying to trap it with the bin. She is a hero!
I have disposed of the dead body wrapped in a blag bag… Godfather style.
“I’m neither ‘pro-women’ nor ‘antimen’. I’m...”
– Caitlin Moran
August 2011
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