Archive for July, 2009

A man walks into a bar (and other clichés)

July 31st, 2009 at 12:00 pm

I love a good cliché. With my unrivalled ability to roll out a casual inanity for every occasion, I could probably have been a football managercoach were it not for a terrifying lack of ability and an underlying loathing of anyone whose ego is so large that it can’t even be carried on to an [...]

Rushed off my feet

July 28th, 2009 at 7:17 am

As anyone who is well acquainted with me will tell you, I have a bit of a problem with feet. However gloriously pedicured or preened your feet are, I’m guaranteed to recoil in horror at the mere sight of them. And don’t even think about asking me to touch them.
In fact, feet are probably the [...]

Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone…

July 13th, 2009 at 2:12 pm

Death has always terrified the bejeesus out of me, it has to be said. Quite frankly, I enjoy life too much to stop doing it, and (like being unable to go to that party with the rest of your friends from school) I’m simply too worried that I’ll miss out on something interesting.
Put simply, I’d [...]

Ask a silly question

July 2nd, 2009 at 10:26 am

I’ve been asked some pretty silly questions in my time. Questions that make you look at the person that asked it in such a way as to make them check in the mirror to ensure that they haven’t got a spot the size of a small donut protruding from their nose. The kind of enquiry [...]

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