» Booze Related Disasters

also due to boredom as well as being drunk
although mostly through being drunk
after kicking out time (early on a sunday) on one of those balmy nights last summer, decided to hold a party on the grassy roundabout (pic, behind war protesters:) community.webshots.com/s/image5/9/25/61/62392561KcwYqK_ph.jpg) at one end of the Kingsway in Swansea... cue several crates of lager, lambrini and plastic cups (I kid you not, I'm v domestic, no doilies though)...ended up going on for 3-4 hours and with about 20 people... coppers kept driving past but partygoers were placated by free booze, sitting-on-the-grass vibes, and someone playing guitar and peeps singing...so no trouble.. until some eejit started setting off fireworks at about 4am and managed to set the bush of leaves at the top of the palm tree in the middle of the roundabout on fire..cue mass giggling flight, and mirthful calling fire brigade ("the tree's on fire, hee-hee, on the roundabout, haha.") a few days later the local daily rag had a story that the council/police were planning to open a wet house on the kingsway so pissed-up-idiots would have somewhere to go if they didn't want to go home...hasn't happened yet
(Fri 19th Mar 2004, 12:16, More)

» Have you ever started a fire?

I used to mess about with candles a lot
when i was quite little, melting wax and making patterns with it and so on. One night I was left to my own devices - mum was out and dad was in the bath upstairs. Brought out the candles and the lighter, got a little too entranced by the pretty flamey-flame, leant too close to the candle... today, some 15 years later, dad still regales us with the "hilarious" story of me running up the stairs screaming "Dad dad, my hair's on fire!!"
The hilarity!
(Wed 3rd Mar 2004, 1:26, More)

» Pet Names

my family seems to have had a thing for Smarties (the sweets)
Don't know why. So my sisters cat was called Smartie. (= porn name Smartie Hodgson. fluffer?) We had a dog called Mick, which was strange because my dad is called Mike, hmm. And we had a lamb called Lamby.
(Fri 27th Feb 2004, 10:56, More)

» Irrational Fears

you're all freaks!
that said, the video to Rapture by Blondie used to scare me as a little un...just a motley crew of people in it as I recall.
Oh yeah and I get really paranoid and twitchy if someone is behind me and they know my ribs are really sensitive..jab!, ah you bastad!
(Tue 27th Jan 2004, 17:02, More)

» Lies Your Parents Told You

before I came along
My grandad was in the air force, and because of this my mum lived in Cyprus for a few years when she was about 14-17.
After my folks told me about this, my sister (8 years older than me) told me that "before you were born", she and mum and dad lived in cyprus in a big luxurious mansion with servants and palm trees, that sort of thing.
I grew up in cumbria, on the side of a mountain, in the rain. Boo-hoo.
(Thu 15th Jan 2004, 23:51, More)