"No daddy, it's not still night time BECAUSE I CAN SEE THE SUN".

NO YOU CAN'T HAVE A GUINEA PIG/S DUE TO RED KITES. BLAME KALMAR.

She's really playing me up, today.

I've been getting shitey sleep the last two weeks, but that's because I've had a horrible illness that has involved my throat swelling up and being full of sandpaper. Also, children waking up at 4.50am and saying "No daddy, it's not still night time BECAUSE I CAN SEE THE SUN".

How come I have to pay £2 for a EuroMillions ticket but the other Europeans only have to pay €2?

Do you really want to be in the Euro right now?

You miss my point, sir.

How come I have to pay £2 for a EuroMillions ticket but the other Europeans only have to pay €2?

Rule of thumb for the last two years of working in Dublin. £1 = 4 potatoes

Rule of thumb for the last two years of working in Dublin. £1 = €1.15

I've just bought an iPhone controlled quadracopter.

Work trip out to the races on Friday. Except for Cinderella, here.

I kid you not:

People have just had a 5 minute conversation in front of me about the spare tickets for friday and what to do with them, can they think of anyone else who could come, and not asked me.

I kid you not:

People have just had a 5 minute conversation in front of me about the spare tickets for friday and what to do with them, can they think of anyone else who could come, and not asked me.

I kid you not:

People have just had a 5 minute conversation in front of me about the spare tickets for friday and what to do with them, can they think of anyone else who could come, and not asked me.

First sighting of clients major new product in the supermarket. I did buy some, just because I figure I owe them.

Yay, what a fun day at work. Redundancies! I am safe* but 10 people going. Of cours it has been handled with the usual aplmob my company extend to everything - ie a royal fuck up. Including making someone redundant whose role it is a legal requirement they have.


*cos I am ace cheap

WTF is going on with gmail spam filtering these days. I never used to have any problems with it, but now i'm getting amazon confirmations, lottery ticket purchases and other legitimate stuff being dropped into the spam folder. Even if I have a filter setup for it!

Just had 2 fillings and a nice clean and Polish on the nashers. All done for six months.

After a decade of dentist non attendance, I think I got off pretty lightly

I kid you not:

People have just had a 5 minute conversation in front of me about the spare tickets for friday and what to do with them, can they think of anyone else who could come, and not asked me.

Just had 2 fillings and a nice clean and Polish on the nashers. All done for six months.

After a decade of dentist non attendance, I think I got off pretty lightly

Buckingham Palace Garden Party - GET.

This is one of those things that I would never have given a moments thought to as something I'd go out of my way to do, or even 'dream' of going to. But circumstances meant it was possible, and it was an afternoon off work, so we went.

Things that struck me. Firstly, the size and scale. I didn't appreciate it until we got there, but there were 8,500 people there, which is huge. Secondly, the lawn at the back of the palace is an opportunity missed, as someone really needs to get a cricket wicket laid in the middle of it.

Overall, it was a pleasant way to spend the afternoon. Saw Liz from 15 yards away and got a cursory nod. Also, because of our 'circumstances', we were not served by the tea tent that served 8,000 proles. That one, you had one go at the food. We were in a separate roped off area, which also contained the royal tent, with 500 people (100 of them were for the royal tent). But our tea tent was only half the size of the one which served the 8,000. Return visits for sadwiches and cake were possible. I felt a bit sick as we left.

9/10.

Buckingham Palace Garden Party - GET.

Excellent stuff! Out of interest, what did you wear?

Waiter's uniform.

In other news, Undercover Boss on channel 4 now, following Southern Fried Chicken. Which is connected with a company called FFS Brands. Did no one tell them that the initialisation for Fast Food Services could mean something else?

Excellent stuff! Out of interest, what did you wear?

Also, photos?

Also, no pictures. The invite said no cameras and mobiles turned off. I planned to ignore the phone request to take some photos, but remarkably, everybody else toed the line. I only saw one mobile communication device the whole afternoon, so decided not to be the rebel.

In other news, Undercover Boss on channel 4 now, following Southern Fried Chicken. Which is connected with a company called FFS Brands. Did no one tell them that the initialisation for Fast Food Services could mean something else?