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» Stupid Colleagues
Dear, sweet Ralph
Ralph really was a lovely guy - nutty as a fruitcake, lacking in confidence but he had a big heart.
During a placement year from our respective universities, we had ended up in the labs at ICI Paints (the big ugly building you pass on the train from Slough into Paddington). Ralph was a clumsy guy at the best of times and there was an impending sense of something about to go wrong with him most of the time.
On the day in question, Ralph was staring quizzically at one of the many sinks in the lab. He had removed the plug, but the liquid was still in the sink. Another colleague pointed out that that sink blocked up a lot and Ralph needed to get himself a bucket, go under the sink, undo the U-bend to drain it into the bucket and it would clear. Ralph raced off and returned with the bucket and did as explained. He was very careful - cleared everything out of the cupboard under the sink, put paper around to catch any splashes and gently eased off the U-bend. To his amazement, it had worked a treat. All the gunk came out, the sink drained and he had caught every single last drop in his bucket below.
Ralph was very proud. You could tell from his face that he felt he'd showed the rest of the lab that problems like this didn't faze young Ralph. He then proudly poured all the contents of his bucket down the newly-cleared sink and half-flooded the lab!
Put the U-bend back first Ralph, the U-bend back first.........
(Wed 9th Mar 2011, 15:44, More)
Dear, sweet Ralph
Ralph really was a lovely guy - nutty as a fruitcake, lacking in confidence but he had a big heart.
During a placement year from our respective universities, we had ended up in the labs at ICI Paints (the big ugly building you pass on the train from Slough into Paddington). Ralph was a clumsy guy at the best of times and there was an impending sense of something about to go wrong with him most of the time.
On the day in question, Ralph was staring quizzically at one of the many sinks in the lab. He had removed the plug, but the liquid was still in the sink. Another colleague pointed out that that sink blocked up a lot and Ralph needed to get himself a bucket, go under the sink, undo the U-bend to drain it into the bucket and it would clear. Ralph raced off and returned with the bucket and did as explained. He was very careful - cleared everything out of the cupboard under the sink, put paper around to catch any splashes and gently eased off the U-bend. To his amazement, it had worked a treat. All the gunk came out, the sink drained and he had caught every single last drop in his bucket below.
Ralph was very proud. You could tell from his face that he felt he'd showed the rest of the lab that problems like this didn't faze young Ralph. He then proudly poured all the contents of his bucket down the newly-cleared sink and half-flooded the lab!
Put the U-bend back first Ralph, the U-bend back first.........
(Wed 9th Mar 2011, 15:44, More)
» My most gullible moment
Tennis
My girlfriend is rather gullible but adorable. We were lucky enough to be comped free tickets to Wimbledon, centre court, this July just gone - corporate hospitaility, the works.
Sitting in our seats waiting for play to begin, we were reading the programme for the day's play. All the best known players were listed with their stats - height, weight ranking, etc. A few players also has "2HB" listed next to their names. My girlfriend asked what this was - I said it was their favourite pencil - a trivia question they have historically asked all Wimbledon players. She simply nodded and read on.
I still don't think I've told her it stands for two-handed backhand.
(Tue 26th Aug 2008, 10:23, More)
Tennis
My girlfriend is rather gullible but adorable. We were lucky enough to be comped free tickets to Wimbledon, centre court, this July just gone - corporate hospitaility, the works.
Sitting in our seats waiting for play to begin, we were reading the programme for the day's play. All the best known players were listed with their stats - height, weight ranking, etc. A few players also has "2HB" listed next to their names. My girlfriend asked what this was - I said it was their favourite pencil - a trivia question they have historically asked all Wimbledon players. She simply nodded and read on.
I still don't think I've told her it stands for two-handed backhand.
(Tue 26th Aug 2008, 10:23, More)