I am a huge blooming ball of snot !
I pride myself on being a good modern caring manager working in IT who still has his finger on the pulse of the cutting edge.

I still know which end of a screwdriver gets things done and am always first in line with myy lifting trousers on when the Artics from Holland turn up with the latest few tonnes of UPS equipment.

I insist that the helpdesk assign me no less than 10 random faults every month that I will personally deal with from start to finish so that I don't get my head stuck in a cloud (or my own arse) and keep in touch with the real world.

But today.... oh lord ... today !!!!

I am exposed as a big fat hairy hypocrite!

I am told I am famous within my organisation for sending staff home if they are ill.

Its true, if any of my team are ill ... proper ill, not a hangover or crap then I make the speech!

the speech :

We are not Barbarians here, if you are ill go home, get better and come back when you will be usefull to me rather than infecting us all with your damned germs!


I have had a rotten cold and cough over the weekend and have just now suffered the indignity of being .. voted.. home by my team!

The mutinous buggers actually voted and black spotted me !

The last straw was when I sneezed about a quarter of a pint of snot over my monitor this morning. They quoted my own speech at me and sent me home !!!

Mutiny!!!!

I am so bored!

This is the first day I have had off sick for .... well I can't remember .... many years!



WHat does one do when you are home during the week ?
( RadG Drinking Mojitos in the sun, Tue 22 Jul 2008, 12:43, 21 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Watch Diagnosis Murder
read a good book (or two, depending on how fast you read), play computer games...or wander around the internet saying hello to kittens and b3tans. The choice is yours.
(The Empress it seems you CAN polish a turd!, Tue 22 Jul 2008, 12:45, Reply)

Hang out in here with us.
It may not be productive, but at least it's fun!
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Tue 22 Jul 2008, 12:56, Reply)

Truth be known
I probably spend to much time in work saying hello to kittens and browsing B3ta amongst others.

Its nice to be doing it at home though ... even though the European Snot mountain is venting itself through my right nostril at the moment.

I think I will pop up to the Offy and get some whiskey to go with the half lemon in the fridge and the jar of honey currently stuck to the bottom of the cupboard in the kitchen!
( RadG Drinking Mojitos in the sun, Tue 22 Jul 2008, 12:59, Reply)

There's always porn.
That should fill in half an hour of your day.
( girlinthehole, Tue 22 Jul 2008, 13:06, Reply)

RadG
I would advise you against that course of action. My flatmate tried to cure his last cold with cups of hot lemon, brandy and honey. If you end up drinking the whole bottle, you will feel oh so much worse.
( Madam Marlboro wonders if you've found her yet, Tue 22 Jul 2008, 13:13, Reply)

^^
Oooppps..

Just got back from the Offie with an 18 year old bottle of Talisker!

Before the purists start throwing themselves from the cliffs, I have no intention of tainting it with honey lemon or indeed anything but a cut crystal glass!

What is it with these Lemsip extra strength capsule things ?

I have been wolfing the buggers down for the last few days (staying withing recommended dosage of course) Inthe hope that their claim on the box to stop a runny nose will come true.

I think the only wat these useless buggering things will stop my nose running is if I physically shove them up each nostril!... or is that whereI am going wrong ?

Bahh!
( RadG Drinking Mojitos in the sun, Tue 22 Jul 2008, 13:38, Reply)

About the only thing
that will reliably clear my nose is Sudafed- but it usually does such a thorough job that my sinuses feel achy and dry, and it makes me feel spacey. But at least I can breathe!

Good choice of whiskey, btw. I tend to prefer Oban, but Talisker is pretty damn wonderful...
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Tue 22 Jul 2008, 13:42, Reply)

.
mmm Talisker.

I recently bought (and can recommend) a bottle of the Glenmorangie 100% proof. It's absolutely golden. Best whiskey I've ever had I think.
(b3tamax Mate, you're fat and I'll throw you in the river, Tue 22 Jul 2008, 13:50, Reply)

RadG
I always find that LemSip Max Strength work really well. So does aspirin plus a decongestant. Try various until you find one that works.

@Loon - small point of order: whisky is Scottish (Scotch), whiskey is Irish or from some other part of the globe. One letter can be so important. :)
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Tue 22 Jul 2008, 13:51, Reply)

Buy one of these


They're fab!
( thealternativefact, Tue 22 Jul 2008, 13:54, Reply)

Sorry.
It's not quite 9:00 am here, and I'm not awake yet despite three large mugs of coffee.

I think tonight should be Scotch And A Blowjob Night.

Too bad I have no scotch...
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Tue 22 Jul 2008, 13:57, Reply)

@Loon
I encountered a similar problem when in Seattle (I think - it was somewhere on the west coast, anyway) and I ordered a whisky in a bar. They gave me bourbon.

I should of course have asked for Scotch, but over here in Scotland nobody ever calls it that - it's just whisky. In fact it's quite normal to specify the brand. If you wanted bourbon or Irish whiskey here, you'd again ask for it by name.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Tue 22 Jul 2008, 14:19, Reply)

Feeling much better now :)
Suprisingly :)

After a glass or two of Talisker things look much rosier.

My dear oppo has phoned from work to threaten me with considerable amounts of violence and sarcasm if I dare show my pox ridden face tommorow, (nice to feel wanted but better to feel loved)

These cold capsule things .... apart from trying them as a suppository ... I don't know what else to do with the useless things!

I have decided to let nature take its course and have therefore laid a small pyramid of toilet rolls next to the computer and made sure the screen wipe is within handy reach!

/edit that sounds on reflection 1000 times naughtier than it really is !!!!!

*reds*

Got some comfort food in the oven (Mac & cheese) and comfort music on the PC (X-Ray specs and Betty Boo!)

Thanks to B3ta for your support and advice!

ACCHOooooooooooo
( RadG Drinking Mojitos in the sun, Tue 22 Jul 2008, 14:46, Reply)

To quote Peep Show
just spend all day sitting on the carpet, watching the poker channel, wanking and eating those expensive German biscuits.
(Scrumpy does not negotiate with terrorists,, Tue 22 Jul 2008, 14:46, Reply)

^
My boss just saw me write that, now she's looking at me funny.... Should I reveal my penis?
(Scrumpy does not negotiate with terrorists,, Tue 22 Jul 2008, 14:49, Reply)

Only if
You draw a smiley face on the end and introduce it as your little pirate buddy one eyed jim and say Yaarrhhhhh teh little fella seems to like ye thou buxom wench!

I take no responsibility for your soon to commence employment search though!
( RadG Drinking Mojitos in the sun, Tue 22 Jul 2008, 14:54, Reply)

X-ray specs FTW.
You are a charmed and cultured man Mr RadG.
( girlinthehole, Tue 22 Jul 2008, 15:02, Reply)

RadG
Go buy Airwaves gum. It is the absolute only thing that can clear me up.
( Madam Marlboro wonders if you've found her yet, Tue 22 Jul 2008, 15:31, Reply)

^^
Thanks Mme Marlboro, good advice I am sure, I will keep it in mind for the next time I get sick (hopefully another 10 years distant!)

Trouble is I am now over the limit and stuck in the sticks.

Which is ok, as I have all I need (hopefully)

I have just crushed up a few handfuls of mint leaves from the garden and infused them with some boiling water in a bowl, towel over the head sort of thing!!!!!!!!!

Christey blimey onna stick!!!!!

That shifts it !

Don't let the tip of your nose dip into the boily minty water though. It just makes it red and sore ... and probably minty!
( RadG Drinking Mojitos in the sun, Tue 22 Jul 2008, 15:51, Reply)

^^^
Not even half as cultured and charming as you seem to be Ms Blouse.

bows
( RadG Drinking Mojitos in the sun, Tue 22 Jul 2008, 16:31, Reply)

^^
*Blushes*

*curtsies*

*looses balance and falls over*
( girlinthehole, Tue 22 Jul 2008, 20:13, Reply)