» School Sports Day

Hurdles training
We gathered around the start line, every one of us daunted by the impossibly high looking hurdles ahead of us.
Never ones to give up, our PE teachers hand picked a young guy called Christian from the crowd, rather infamous as 'the weedy one', subject to some pickings-on and such.
Nevertheless, he got up, took a run, and made it. The teacher said,
"Come on, if he can do it, so can all of you!"
I've never heard a more convincing argument in my life.
(Thu 30th Mar 2006, 17:35, More)

» Panic Buying

Literal last minute
It was my dad's birthday and I hadn't bothered to do anything. My sister had though, which meant I had to do something to remain a proper sibling.
I went upstairs, found a tin, and inserted thusly a paperweight, an emery board, several laser quest score sheets, a short green ribbon and something like a plastic helicopter.
This wasn't even my stuff I was giving him... most of it was his in the first place.
(Fri 30th Dec 2005, 1:35, More)

» Singing the wrong words


I forget the name of the song, but it had some scat bloke doing something along the lines of 'eeee bip bap badda-bom'. I always thought it was 'he bopped the Buddha's bum'.
Well, it is a very boppable bum.
(Fri 28th Jan 2005, 0:08, More)

» Useless Information

In Massachusetts (real laws)
Mourners at a wake may not eat more than three sandwiches, and an old ordinance declares goatees illegal unless you first pay a
special license fee for the privilege of wearing one in public.
(Thu 17th Mar 2005, 19:23, More)