Little Things That Irk You 3 1/3: The Final Insult

[Decider-VT]

['Press Start']

ie, we forgot to increase the price to be able to reduce them by 50%.

Did you know that according to Firefighters burnt humans smell like bacon? Pork is the closest tasting meat to human flesh.

[Decider-VT]

eBay (again).

[BaronSqwelch]

This one scottish guy...

Now I don't like to see people lose their job, but he annoyed the hell out of me whenever I went to Blockbuster...a know-all about every film/game/ice cream, who would bore me to the point of frantic violence every time I went in. I was glad when the shop closed down.

So I go to Game in another part of the city today to offload some tat...he now works there!!

[Kit]

Intellect. I feel like a ****ing scientist next to some of the people I've recently met. It's concerning!

Facebook. (need I say more?)

The stack of quality films and games I have sat on my desk that I still haven't watched/played. I know they'll make me feel miles better but some annoying **** keeps getting in the way - usually it's me getting down about some **** girl.

Need ways to get back on top.

The last 6 or so months have been so up and down. Currently I'm in full on teflon mode but it concerns me that I'm going up and down to such extremes.

[randombs]

Part irk.

Part smile.

All post.

It's getting really cold here in the mornings and evenings so I've been avoiding cycling to school as my cycling clothes are too thin.

I went to my favourite 2nd-hand shop last night and, as usual, good fortune rained down on me for I found not one, but two sets that fit perfectly(I'm 6' with long arms. Difficult getting things in Japan). One is a warm, windproof red/white number so I'll be easier to spot while riding at night, the other is a rain cover outfit thing. Also found a nice Nike coat for about 3 quid.

I was in such a good mood I decided to message my gf while walking to the station. It was really dark and I fell into a foot-deep gap on the side of the road. Grazed both knees badly but, worse, I dropped my iPhone and the front glass got cracked near the top. It still works fine but, FFS!

By the time I got to the station I decided I needed to be cheered up so I went to Mos Burger and had a spicy double burger with chips and ginger ale. Popped in their loo to assess the damage and found I'd ripped my new trousers in the fall. When my meal arrived I knocked the chips onto the table by accident.

By the time I'd finished, my knees had swelled so walking to the station was difficult. Outside the station a man was making some cake things called obanyaki. I was still feeling pissed off so I ordered a caramel cream one. It was marvelous and perked me right up.

When I finally got home my neck and back had started to ache so I rounded off the evening with some hot apricot liqueur then crushed biscuits into some ltd. edition apple pie-flavoured Hagen Dazs that's out at the moment. Bliss.

Upcoming irk: I need to go loo now and the school only has the hole-in-the-floor style. It's gonna be tough

Let this be a lesson - don't walk and text in the dark.

[vanpeebles]

People who walk and text at the same, I hope they fall down a hole.

[charlesr]

lolol

[nakamura]

I can't walk a text with a smart phone.

[VR46]

There is an app where when texting the rear camera on the phone is used to make it look like the phone is see-through (so you can see the image through it). I tried it once and felt sea sick! I probably didn't explain that well, is on Android if anyone wants to take a look.

[Darwock]

You think crapping in a Japanese public school toilet is hard, you should try it when you've got the skits. Been there, done that, took the day off. You can connect the dots yourself.

In fact, just being in a public school toilet is a problem for 9 months of the year because they are all infested with mosquitoes, makes you very reluctant to 'drop trou'.

The falling down the drain story was hilarious though. Those gaps are everywhere, maybe explains why so many Japanese people have battered smart phones.

[vanpeebles]

Can't beat a good old fashioned otter box. I'd love a proper Victorian setup with a high cistern and a long chain. WOOOOOSHHH!

[nakamura]

F**king Facebook pictures when people repeatedly share how foreigners hate our country/flag etc.
I don't read The Sun etc so I don't expect this media hyperbole to be appearing on my timeline.
Deletions incoming.

[randombs]

Huh? Foreigners LOVE Britain! They go in droves!

[Pikate]

Having a crappy day so /rant:

1. Aggressive 'Help for Heroes' charity collectors/chuggers who won't take no for an answer then think borderline racist BNP/EDL and anti-Conservative government views are going to change my mind.

2. The NHS... Working one Saturday night in a Mid Cheshire trust hospital via an agency pays ?740-a-day, meanwhile at the hospital I'm actually salaried at pay is going down and isn't even one-third of that rate to begin with.

3. ?3 an hour for parking in the City Centre and you still can't find a space.

4. The DAB radio in my car never finding a signal even when I'm parked outside my house where the Roberts' DAB Radio in my kitchen works perfectly despite being surrounded by brick walls.

5. Guys not even bothering to put their phone on silent (shutter sound) when photographing attractive strangers in Manchester Arndale.