» My computer gave away my secrets

death of a dotcom
After the death of a famous dotcom (think Betty) some of their PCs were bought by a company I worked for. Needless to say before wiping them to use as test boxes, I checked the disk - and there were the spreadsheet files which clearly showed their demise, complete with comments like 'Don't pay this one, I think we can get away with it for a few more weeks'...Caused much amusement. Until we ourselves went under a few months later. Er...
(Fri 10th Feb 2006, 12:54, More)

» Hotel Splendido

Stainspotting
My cousin's stag night was on a Scottish island; we got there late on a Friday night, ready for a fun weekend, and looking forward to the luxury hostel we'd been promised. However, one of the party had gone ahead, and when we met him in the pub he said 'Sorry guys, we're not staying *there*!' Turns out he'd visited said hostel, and been introduced to the guy running it, who had introduced himself by dropping his trousers, snorting a line and then also introduced his mate, who had (for some crazy reason) no eyelids...it didn't promise to be a pleasant stay.

We decided the pub itself was a better bet, and negotiated with the landlady; sadly it was being refurbished, so the rooms either had no door, or no lightbulb, or no sink, or no bedclothes...still, at least it wasn't run by Begbie's mate. When we got up the next morning we went to the kitchen for some promised breakfast, only to discover the fridge contained rotten food and off milk, and decided to eat out....as we left that morning, we noticed the front of the building was held up by acro props.

As it turned out, all this made for an interesting start to the stag night, and no-one minded that much (we were far too trollied)...we only stayed one more night and then headed back to the mainland.
(Thu 17th Jan 2008, 17:33, More)