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The lovely Rev Jesse made this very flattering pictures of me with hardly any 'shopping at all.
The Pixel king, Folds Five, empixellated me.
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I'm carp at tattyshop and drawering but here's one that Attila the Bun made of me:
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The lovely Rev Jesse made this very flattering pictures of me with hardly any 'shopping at all.
The Pixel king, Folds Five, empixellated me.
I'm on MSN... wendyorder HAT-MINUS-THE-H iafrica DOTGOESHERE com
Don't bother using this email address for emailery reasons because I bin most things sent here before even reading them.
I'm carp at tattyshop and drawering but here's one that Attila the Bun made of me:
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» Evil Pranks
That'll learn her
When I was around 10 years old I went swimming in the local outdoor pool one summer to find my big sister there with all her "so cool" friends.
My sister hadn't put her clothes into a locker and left them beside the pool.
They got stolen.
She begged me, me her little sister, "pain in the arse", target of her constant ridicule, to go home (a 1 hour walk away) to get her some clothes.
I raided the cupboards at home.
The first born much older sister once owned a delightful 60's style "pants suit". It was bright orange with massive psychedelic flowers that consisted of a sleeveless 3/4 length jacket and flared groovy fashion slax. It was truly horrendous and LOUD.
It was so awful that my mum kept it for a laugh.
I returned to the swimming pool with said clothes in a plastic bag, handed them over to her and scarpered with "I'M GONNA KILL YOU!" piercing the air behind me.
(Mon 17th Dec 2007, 22:17, More)
That'll learn her
When I was around 10 years old I went swimming in the local outdoor pool one summer to find my big sister there with all her "so cool" friends.
My sister hadn't put her clothes into a locker and left them beside the pool.
They got stolen.
She begged me, me her little sister, "pain in the arse", target of her constant ridicule, to go home (a 1 hour walk away) to get her some clothes.
I raided the cupboards at home.
The first born much older sister once owned a delightful 60's style "pants suit". It was bright orange with massive psychedelic flowers that consisted of a sleeveless 3/4 length jacket and flared groovy fashion slax. It was truly horrendous and LOUD.
It was so awful that my mum kept it for a laugh.
I returned to the swimming pool with said clothes in a plastic bag, handed them over to her and scarpered with "I'M GONNA KILL YOU!" piercing the air behind me.
(Mon 17th Dec 2007, 22:17, More)
» Abusing freebies
My mates and I were flying to Buenos Aires
and Fiona and I were sitting together and her being a true Scot wanted to grab as many bags of complimentary nuts as possible "so I don't have to buy lunch during the day when we are there".
I said I would help her so we kept wandering to the different food prep areas on the plane saying we were hungry and can we have a bag of nuts.
This continued for the entire 8 hour flight and kept us amused and giggling.
We manage to amass around 85 bags of them.
As the plane neared B.A. and we started our descent, a gaggle of giggling Space Waitresses arrived at our seats, one had a very large, brown, hardwearing carrier bag (the type with straw handles) 3/4 full of peanuts and dumped the entire lot on our laps.
We shrieked with laughter and delight, raised our arms in triumph \o/ and told them they were the best Space Waitresses EVER to grace the skies (Malaysian Airways).
On the return trip some of the crew were the same and as we took off, one came over to us and said "We have plenty of nuts if you are interested".
We we all peanutted out by then and politely declined.
BTW, she returned with half of the peanuts in her suitcase, bless her tartan socks.
(Thu 8th Nov 2007, 16:39, More)
My mates and I were flying to Buenos Aires
and Fiona and I were sitting together and her being a true Scot wanted to grab as many bags of complimentary nuts as possible "so I don't have to buy lunch during the day when we are there".
I said I would help her so we kept wandering to the different food prep areas on the plane saying we were hungry and can we have a bag of nuts.
This continued for the entire 8 hour flight and kept us amused and giggling.
We manage to amass around 85 bags of them.
As the plane neared B.A. and we started our descent, a gaggle of giggling Space Waitresses arrived at our seats, one had a very large, brown, hardwearing carrier bag (the type with straw handles) 3/4 full of peanuts and dumped the entire lot on our laps.
We shrieked with laughter and delight, raised our arms in triumph \o/ and told them they were the best Space Waitresses EVER to grace the skies (Malaysian Airways).
On the return trip some of the crew were the same and as we took off, one came over to us and said "We have plenty of nuts if you are interested".
We we all peanutted out by then and politely declined.
BTW, she returned with half of the peanuts in her suitcase, bless her tartan socks.
(Thu 8th Nov 2007, 16:39, More)
» Devastating Put-Downs
Out at a posh "do" at a restaurant
This woman wouldn't stop talking about herself "me me me... Fabulous frock I am wearing... Designer frock, blah blah blah".
My friend was getting agitated and interrupted her with "I think you would look divine in something long and flowing". "Ooh you think so?" she replied.
"Yeah. The Thames".
Some of us were in mid sip and spat out our wine from trying to stifle our laughs.
She had nowhere to go. She couldn't move seats and for the rest of the dinner she glowered while we tried to behave as if nothing had happened, all the while stifling our urge to keep bursting out laughing.
(Thu 24th Nov 2011, 16:40, More)
Out at a posh "do" at a restaurant
This woman wouldn't stop talking about herself "me me me... Fabulous frock I am wearing... Designer frock, blah blah blah".
My friend was getting agitated and interrupted her with "I think you would look divine in something long and flowing". "Ooh you think so?" she replied.
"Yeah. The Thames".
Some of us were in mid sip and spat out our wine from trying to stifle our laughs.
She had nowhere to go. She couldn't move seats and for the rest of the dinner she glowered while we tried to behave as if nothing had happened, all the while stifling our urge to keep bursting out laughing.
(Thu 24th Nov 2011, 16:40, More)
» The most childish thing you've done as an adult
Pffft so many, so often
But my latest was last week when I looked after a class of nursery school children, aged 3 - 6.
They were given a task of cutting out pictures from a supermarket's pull-out ad and to stick them to a board.
The group I was looking after had to cut out pictures of toiletries.
When they'd finished I asked them what each item was. They hesitated on the ladies santary owls with wings and look to me for guidance.
"Jam Rags" I said. They all nodded and carried on.
Naively I didn't realise they would actually remember that but didn't think it mattered as English wasn't their first language and we weren't speaking English anyway.
To my horror the teacher then asked each team of children to give her their boards and tell the whole class what each item was.
They all remembered, blurted out "JAM RAGS". I was told off and had to say "Sorry, Miss. Won't do it again, Miss".
I heard my aunt mutter under her breath "I knew asking Flowerpot to help was a bad idea". After she stopped giggling of course.
(Thu 17th Sep 2009, 18:54, More)
Pffft so many, so often
But my latest was last week when I looked after a class of nursery school children, aged 3 - 6.
They were given a task of cutting out pictures from a supermarket's pull-out ad and to stick them to a board.
The group I was looking after had to cut out pictures of toiletries.
When they'd finished I asked them what each item was. They hesitated on the ladies santary owls with wings and look to me for guidance.
"Jam Rags" I said. They all nodded and carried on.
Naively I didn't realise they would actually remember that but didn't think it mattered as English wasn't their first language and we weren't speaking English anyway.
To my horror the teacher then asked each team of children to give her their boards and tell the whole class what each item was.
They all remembered, blurted out "JAM RAGS". I was told off and had to say "Sorry, Miss. Won't do it again, Miss".
I heard my aunt mutter under her breath "I knew asking Flowerpot to help was a bad idea". After she stopped giggling of course.
(Thu 17th Sep 2009, 18:54, More)
» Random Acts of Kindness
Sainsbury's 6pm on a week night, some years ago
I'd just paid for my shopping and was packing it into bags. In the meantime a very old man, frail, thin and shaky was unloading his meagre purchases onto the conveyor belt very slowly. One tomato, 2 slices of ham, 1 roll, a tin of peas, that kind of thing.
This yuppie bitch was behind him tutting and huffing because he was taking so long.
I stood there glaring at her while she pulled an impatient face and when the shopping was rung up and the man was fumbling in his skinny, almost empty wallet, sorting out his coins, I paid the bill and fled (because I thought he's probably a very proud man and wouldn't accept it).
It came to just over a fiver. That's all.
Thing is, this woman, who was obviously very well-to-do, could have assisted.
I know this QOTW is going to be very fluffy (yay!) and sorry to put a bit of a "there's nasty people out there too" post in.
Random acts of kindness make the world a much better place and the warm glow both the giver and receiver get can made their days.
I can be quite evangelical sbout this!
(Thu 9th Feb 2012, 13:53, More)
Sainsbury's 6pm on a week night, some years ago
I'd just paid for my shopping and was packing it into bags. In the meantime a very old man, frail, thin and shaky was unloading his meagre purchases onto the conveyor belt very slowly. One tomato, 2 slices of ham, 1 roll, a tin of peas, that kind of thing.
This yuppie bitch was behind him tutting and huffing because he was taking so long.
I stood there glaring at her while she pulled an impatient face and when the shopping was rung up and the man was fumbling in his skinny, almost empty wallet, sorting out his coins, I paid the bill and fled (because I thought he's probably a very proud man and wouldn't accept it).
It came to just over a fiver. That's all.
Thing is, this woman, who was obviously very well-to-do, could have assisted.
I know this QOTW is going to be very fluffy (yay!) and sorry to put a bit of a "there's nasty people out there too" post in.
Random acts of kindness make the world a much better place and the warm glow both the giver and receiver get can made their days.
I can be quite evangelical sbout this!
(Thu 9th Feb 2012, 13:53, More)