1- If you stand on the side of the curb and aren't careful, you can get whacked in the head by the bus mirror. And you can't really claim to have been hit by a bus; you've been hit by a bus accessory which is worse because sympathy isn't coming after your friends' peals of laughter die. Unless of course you're really injured, which could happen. Some of those guys really haul.
2- It's not pronounced Eye-r-land and I cannot tell you how to pronounce it correctly. It begins something like Urrrur...
3- When you smack your head against the fame of the small plane you're boarding and curse out loud, you don't get sympathy. Instead you get an entire plane of people smirking at you and the air hostess telling you to take your luggage back down the stairs because it won't fit in the overhead lockers-is your head ok- good now take your bag down the stairs. And you get a bruise. A big one.
4- Flatmate Suzie gets to watch TV at work. It's actually encouraged.
5- There exists a man who strolls past our flat every Tuesday night around 11pm. He's clearly drunk and he sings when he passes my window. It's always unintelligible but when I hear him, I smile.
6- Harry Potter books in the US have more charming illustrations than the UK version.
7- Ditto for the Peter Mayle series.
8- Both times I've been to Scotland I've been living on antihistimines. Evidently I'm allergic to Scotland. Well, Glasgow anyway. And it appears to make me cranky beyond belief. Now I ask you... What kind of a love affair can I possibly have when my reaction to being in the country is to sulk in the corner scratching?
2 comments:
You got hit by a bus mirror? I just about fell off my chair. Everybody around was wondering what was happening to me. Obviously you are ok, but did it hurt much? Please tell me you were drunk at least.
I have to agree with "d-vaz" tell us you were drunk or at least on your way to the pub. getting hit by a bus mirror is pretty unique. I mean most people I know go to Europe and get crapped on by a bird, or fall off a statue. but a mirror and a bus..that is very original. did it hit you in the head, or shoulder? Was the bus driver trying to nudge you away from the curb? Much like a baseball pitcher, who throws at the batters head if they are too close to the plate? rich
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