Tell us something really trivial about your life (Vol 29)
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DickyC said:
Bobberoo99 said:
...mine's causing the craters...*
You are causing the craters? Stop it at once. You nearly had a brush with contraband ordnance courtesy of the Trivton Massive.*Modern grammar is, I find, a bit of a struggle.
Okay, I have some trivia. Occasionally I put rather a lot of effort into a joke for the benefit of very few people. I'll give you an example.
In the late seventies I worked in a Drawing Office in London with a huge crew of blokes. Some were nice, some were 'orrible, a lot were characters. One character was Kevin Peachy. He was a nice enough guy but he used to eat. A lot. Every time you looked at him, he was eating. He brought stuff in to eat, he bought stuff from the trolleys that came round and he went out at lunchtime to buy more. If ever there were cakes he had to have more than his share. And if anyone had anything left over, instead of throwing it away, they offered it to Peachy and he would split whatever he was eating, put the salvaged grub inside and carry on. You didn't even have to offer it. "Don't you want that? I'll have it."
An expression was invented in that office for this ever changing edible wreckage. It was known as The Peachy Burger - Everything In A Bun. It was one of the office expressions. "Peachy Burgers." Blokes would just say it for no reason. It was like collective benign Tourettes.
There are two guys I've stayed in touch with from that office who will appreciate what I spent too much time doing yesterday. So, Den and Dave, this is coming your way any moment now.
In the late seventies I worked in a Drawing Office in London with a huge crew of blokes. Some were nice, some were 'orrible, a lot were characters. One character was Kevin Peachy. He was a nice enough guy but he used to eat. A lot. Every time you looked at him, he was eating. He brought stuff in to eat, he bought stuff from the trolleys that came round and he went out at lunchtime to buy more. If ever there were cakes he had to have more than his share. And if anyone had anything left over, instead of throwing it away, they offered it to Peachy and he would split whatever he was eating, put the salvaged grub inside and carry on. You didn't even have to offer it. "Don't you want that? I'll have it."
An expression was invented in that office for this ever changing edible wreckage. It was known as The Peachy Burger - Everything In A Bun. It was one of the office expressions. "Peachy Burgers." Blokes would just say it for no reason. It was like collective benign Tourettes.
There are two guys I've stayed in touch with from that office who will appreciate what I spent too much time doing yesterday. So, Den and Dave, this is coming your way any moment now.
Yum 
, I think it needs some sauce though!!!
Many years ago, in another life, I used to be a body builder, yes, yes mock all you want, as I say it was YEARS AGO , many a late night I could be found at the local burger van where the owner was a mate, between us we concocted "The Scooby snack burger", which consisted of two 1/4lb burgers with bacon, cheese and coleslaw in between, salad on the bottom, a lot of salad, and fried onions and mushroom on top, he only used to charge me £3 for it!! Aaahhh memories, young, free and able to drink/devour anything, stay up till 1am and still get up for work at 6am!!!!
, I think it needs some sauce though!!!Many years ago, in another life, I used to be a body builder, yes, yes mock all you want, as I say it was YEARS AGO , many a late night I could be found at the local burger van where the owner was a mate, between us we concocted "The Scooby snack burger", which consisted of two 1/4lb burgers with bacon, cheese and coleslaw in between, salad on the bottom, a lot of salad, and fried onions and mushroom on top, he only used to charge me £3 for it!! Aaahhh memories, young, free and able to drink/devour anything, stay up till 1am and still get up for work at 6am!!!!
Bobberoo99 said:
Yum , I think it needs some sauce though!!!
Many years ago, in another life, I used to be a body builder, yes, yes mock all you want, as I say it was YEARS AGO , many a late night I could be found at the local burger van where the owner was a mate, between us we concocted "The Scooby snack burger", which consisted of two 1/4lb burgers with bacon, cheese and coleslaw in between, salad on the bottom, a lot of salad, and fried onions and mushroom on top, he only used to charge me £3 for it!! Aaahhh memories, young, free and able to drink/devour anything, stay up till 1am and still get up for work at 6am!!!!
5 hours sleep?.............. Wimp!, I think it needs some sauce though!!!Many years ago, in another life, I used to be a body builder, yes, yes mock all you want, as I say it was YEARS AGO , many a late night I could be found at the local burger van where the owner was a mate, between us we concocted "The Scooby snack burger", which consisted of two 1/4lb burgers with bacon, cheese and coleslaw in between, salad on the bottom, a lot of salad, and fried onions and mushroom on top, he only used to charge me £3 for it!! Aaahhh memories, young, free and able to drink/devour anything, stay up till 1am and still get up for work at 6am!!!!
There were nights I got in from working @ 4.30 am & left for work @ 7am.
Tsk, tsk. The Youth of today just does not know it`s been born!!!
Bomma220 said:
Had a good couple of hours with the old dog in the woods this afternoon, marvellous stuff.
Mrs B's made a nice steak & kidney pudding for dinner, there is a God after all! Proper job with suet pastry too
YUM!!! Ages since I had a proper steak and kidney suet pud!!! Tonight is sausage, eggs and chips, we have a "naughty food night" once a week and it's tonight!!! Mrs B's made a nice steak & kidney pudding for dinner, there is a God after all! Proper job with suet pastry too
Further to Dickys tale:
I worked with a draughtsman in the 80’s, Cyril B, who rarely spoke. So extreme was this we called him ‘Brother Bennett’ as he had the conversational skills of a Benedictine Monk.
Fast forward 10 years and I’ve moved, to find he’s also moved to within 10 miles. So he starts turning up at mine unannounced with nothing to say so I made conversation, such as it was, until one time I fell silent to see what would happen.
Zilch
We sat in silence for a long time.
Then he left.
Brother B if you’re out there - no offence but it did get a bit much.
I worked with a draughtsman in the 80’s, Cyril B, who rarely spoke. So extreme was this we called him ‘Brother Bennett’ as he had the conversational skills of a Benedictine Monk.
Fast forward 10 years and I’ve moved, to find he’s also moved to within 10 miles. So he starts turning up at mine unannounced with nothing to say so I made conversation, such as it was, until one time I fell silent to see what would happen.
Zilch
We sat in silence for a long time.
Then he left.
Brother B if you’re out there - no offence but it did get a bit much.
Been thinking about weird and wonderful former colleagues and filling in a form for the NHS about long term mobile phone usage.
And wondering why I signed up to do it.
And now it's nearly half past 12.
Eejit.
Oh, and baking the first Christmas Cake. In fact that was why I was doing the NHS form. I had time. I remember now.
And wondering why I signed up to do it.
And now it's nearly half past 12.
Eejit.
Oh, and baking the first Christmas Cake. In fact that was why I was doing the NHS form. I had time. I remember now.
what sort of planning was that Dicky???? Please don't tell me you started cooking it ain't midnight!?!? Well it's Tuesday, still I spose it's better than it being Monday again!Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff