If you are not ROFL, or at least LOL, I will be very surprised.
01 April 2009
15 March 2009
My head now looks like this
It's the World's Greatest Shave and you too can look ridiculous while raising money for charity. Me and three other guys had our heads shaved at the local pub on Friday night while raising over $1200 for the Leukaemia Foundation. Just think of all the money I'll save on shampoo and conditioner now.
12 March 2009
17 November 2008
The superfluous 's'
Why do people add an 's' to the end of words that aren't supposed to have an 's' at the end? It bugs me no end.
The biggest department store in Australia is called Myer, but most people I know call it 'Myers'. The main road that goes along the top of Flagstaff Hill in Adelaide (heading East-West) is called Black Road, but most people I know call it 'Blacks Road'. Why? This abomination probably occurs all the time in all English-speaking cultures, but the Scots take it to another level.
In Clydebank, where I was born, there used to be a sewing machine factory belonging to Singer Manufacturing Company. Logically, this should be abbreviated to just Singer. For example: "Your mum's a minger, she works at Singer." But no. Neither was the name adulterated by the simple addition of an 's'. Ask anyone who lived in Clydebank prior to 1980 and they'll tell you they knew someone who worked at 'Singerses'.
So when Scotland takes over Australia we will all be shopping at Myerses and driving down Blackses Road, just you wait and see.
The biggest department store in Australia is called Myer, but most people I know call it 'Myers'. The main road that goes along the top of Flagstaff Hill in Adelaide (heading East-West) is called Black Road, but most people I know call it 'Blacks Road'. Why? This abomination probably occurs all the time in all English-speaking cultures, but the Scots take it to another level.
In Clydebank, where I was born, there used to be a sewing machine factory belonging to Singer Manufacturing Company. Logically, this should be abbreviated to just Singer. For example: "Your mum's a minger, she works at Singer." But no. Neither was the name adulterated by the simple addition of an 's'. Ask anyone who lived in Clydebank prior to 1980 and they'll tell you they knew someone who worked at 'Singerses'.
So when Scotland takes over Australia we will all be shopping at Myerses and driving down Blackses Road, just you wait and see.
23 October 2008
My Agony
I had a root canal on Tuesday. I had been to the dentist about two months ago and she said that she would try to fix my aching tooth, but if that didn't work then I should come back for a root canal. Well, I could soon tell that whatever she had done hadn't worked because my toothache came back about a week later. So I knew what was going to happen next, and I wasn't looking forward to it.
I held off for as long as I could, but the pain eventually became unbearable. So on Monday I made an appointment and on Tuesday I went to face the music. The dentist told me that the anaesthetic injection would hurt a bit more than usual and she wasn't kidding. I had to wiggle my feet like crazy to avoid flinching and pulling away. But as much as it hurt going in, it did a fantastic job once it was there. The dentist left me alone for a few minutes, then came back and asked how it felt. I said "The pain is gone. I'm cured. I can go home now." but she wouldn't let me leave.
The treatment only took about half an hour but now I have to go back for more every month for up to twelve months. Yay me!
I held off for as long as I could, but the pain eventually became unbearable. So on Monday I made an appointment and on Tuesday I went to face the music. The dentist told me that the anaesthetic injection would hurt a bit more than usual and she wasn't kidding. I had to wiggle my feet like crazy to avoid flinching and pulling away. But as much as it hurt going in, it did a fantastic job once it was there. The dentist left me alone for a few minutes, then came back and asked how it felt. I said "The pain is gone. I'm cured. I can go home now." but she wouldn't let me leave.
The treatment only took about half an hour but now I have to go back for more every month for up to twelve months. Yay me!
