MisunderstoodMy other half rang a courier today to get a disc sent over to a client. The courier company asked what it was she was sending. "A computer disc", she said.
Half an hour later, 3 blokes in a van turned up. They looked a little disappointed to be handed a floppy disc: they were all prepared to shift a computer desk across London.
Have you been utterly misunderstood recently?
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chthonic, Thu 6 Oct 2005, 23:06)
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Flashes of Fire at BreakfastThis morning, I went to make a sandwich, and found that the butter (wrapped in silver paper) had all the spreadability of a lump of granite. Since I had to leave the house in 10 minutes, I couldn’t just leave it to soften in the air. So I stuck it in the microwave for 10 seconds on full blast to accelerate its softening.
Got on with making coffee, PING, microwave finished. Checked butter – butter still rock-hard – and put it in for 20 more seconds. After five seconds, the microwave started flashing and buzzing in a disconcerting way. Rushed over to the microwave. Saw white flashes inside. Opened the door. Found that the silver paper that the butter was wrapped in was on fire. Panicked. Quickly blew out the flames, before any damage could be done. Took slightly warmer block of butter out of the microwave, and found that a small amount had melted enough to be spreadable on bread without tearing the bread to bits. Get in! Wiped up the burnt bits, made sandwiches, ate sandwiches, went to lectures happy, made a note-to-self not to put silver paper in the microwave.
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The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Fri 7 Oct 2005, 11:55,
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