it has finally stopped raining
15 mins before i am going out, woo.

anyone got any exciting sunday plans??
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 3 Oct 2010, 18:07, 3 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

Playing footie in an hour or so
Always fun in the wet! Unencumbered by hangover as well which is nice :)
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Sun 3 Oct 2010, 18:09, Reply)

I am down in Devon with the gf & her mate for the weekend. Long beach walks in Branscombe & Beer (village) so far today. Soon to be followed by beer (liquid) and a meal in a pub in Colyton.

The cottage we are staying has wireless so decided to stay a bit longer and work from here tomorrow.
(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Sun 3 Oct 2010, 18:11, Reply)

sounds ace :)

( Tourette's ( . )( . ) has a monkey hair in her fried egg, Sun 3 Oct 2010, 18:23, Reply)

yes
meanwhile i will be spending tomorrow battling with the fucking tube strike. i am most jealous.

fucking fucking tubedrivers.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 3 Oct 2010, 18:23, Reply)

the tube strike is one of the reasons we are staying another day plus this is the nearest I have had to a holiday for two years.

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Sun 3 Oct 2010, 18:34, Reply)

i swear to god
bob crow is the only human being on the planet i could not only punch right in his smug fat face but actually love doing it.

the economy is on its fucking knees, and he is happily going to cost it millions? ffs. it should be treason!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 3 Oct 2010, 18:36, Reply)

If this was Bob Crow Cluedo
My guess would be...

Swipe, with the pink boxing gloves, in the station.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 3 Oct 2010, 19:00, Reply)

Much as Bob Crow is a massive tosser
we have no idea what's actually going on behind the scenes. Don't think that people that work on the underground would voluntarily give up their pay over something frivolous, and also don't think for a moment that without the presence of the union, that the tube management wouldn't take absolutely any and every opportunity to shit all over the workers and compromise both the service and safety of passengers.

I agree it's a pain in the arse, but to say "The economy is on it's knees" as a reason why people shouldn't stand up for the rights of workers is pretty silly. It's times like this when unions are more important than ever as unscrupulous management will use this as the perfect excuse to fuck over their workforce if they can.
(Bazongaloid, Sun 3 Oct 2010, 19:06, Reply)

no al, your logic hurts me
it inconveniences ME, and there are NO TAXIS so i have to walk from kensington to the city or take a 3 HOUR BUS RIDE.

and they do it ALL THE TIME. this isn't a one-off thing, they threaten to strike almost once a week.

somewhere between the flippancy and the genuine irritation i am going to kill bob crow, i swear. at the bare minimum i am sending him the bill for my taxis/new trainers!!!!!!

right, am i going to be in clapham by 8pm... er...
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 3 Oct 2010, 19:29, Reply)

I'm roasting some lamb
And if I feel well enough, opening a bottle of wine before having an early night.

Going anywhere nice?
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Sun 3 Oct 2010, 18:16, Reply)

just over to clapham
to have dinner with a friend, although he is already texting me saying "don't be late."

i am late for EVERYTHING. i will be late tonight because i am still sitting on the sofa in a towel watching episodes of "friends" i have seen ten times already.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 3 Oct 2010, 18:21, Reply)

I'm late for everything.
Chronic lateness is a symptom of dyscalculia. Marilyn had it written into her contract. Did you master speech at an unusually early age?
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Sun 3 Oct 2010, 18:36, Reply)

funnily enough, yeah
i could talk in sentences and practically read before i could walk.

32 years later, i still talk too much and don't move unless i have to...
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 3 Oct 2010, 18:39, Reply)

I'm pathologically punctual - I hate being late, I keep thinking I'll miss something.
But I don't mind other people being late, which is apparently unusual.
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Sun 3 Oct 2010, 18:44, Reply)

^This is me

( girlinthehole, Sun 3 Oct 2010, 19:08, Reply)

Snap!
If we'd been born later we'd have had government grants and points added to our degrees by now. Google 'dyscalculia checklist'. It was a while ago but I did it and scored high. I showed it to my boss and asked if it afforded me late starts every day. She said "No, Roota, because I'm a hypochondriac too and I haven't found an illness that works for me, so why should you?" Oh how we lol'd.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Sun 3 Oct 2010, 18:44, Reply)

omg
that would explain sooooo much. eg why i am doing a masters at oxford in english but got lost driving back to london and spent about 20 minutes trying to work out how long it would take me to drive 15 miles at 90mph (i reeeeally needed the ladies).

my boss would, however, react exactly as yours did!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sun 3 Oct 2010, 18:50, Reply)

10 mins do i win a prize?

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Sun 3 Oct 2010, 19:35, Reply)