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Category Archives: Twitterings

Twitterings: 27th November-3rd December

Did you miss me? #
Cake – http://snapshot.orange.co.uk/mm8pyz #
Looking forward to the City match tonight; at the very least it will end our long run of draws. #
Is this the worst press release ever? #

Twitterings: 28th August-3rd September

Still in Cornwall. #

Twitterings: 21st-27th August

To Cornwall. #
In Cornwall. #
The rule, regarding the sea, is that the most impressive waves will appear when your camera is in your bag. #

Twitterings: 14th-20th August

I've got a new set of kitchen scales! They're great, and I couldn't be happier if I'd just got an iPhone 3GS. Although I'm a bit richer. #
Two days of work are squatting between me and my holiday, like two great big squatting things. Fuck off, squatting things; I don't like you. #
Just because I [...]

Twitterings: 7th-13th August

While the wife and kids are away I've come in from work to a beer, the cricket and a chippy tea. Fun for a night. Any longer would kill me. #
Foolishly, I thought Pringles "Italian Cheese" flavour would taste of Parmesan or Gorgonzola, not cheese powder and oregano. Live and learn. #
Who among us can, [...]

Twitterings: 31st July-6th August

Friday morning Pavement lyric #12: "I trust you will tell me If I am making a fool of myself?" [#]
If it wasn't for odd socks, I wouldn't have no socks at all. [#]
Crying a lot, listening to "A Minor Incident" by Badly Drawn Boy. I daren't listen to Kate Bush's "This Woman's Work" in this [...]

Twitterings: 24th-30th July

Friday morning Pavement lyric #11: "No more absolutes, no more absolutes. Stick your penitentiary clothes inside the vent and run along." [#]
RT @OberonHouston +++ BREAKING NEWS +++ CAMERON TO DEMAND GENERAL ELECTION [#]
+++ MORE BREAKING NEWS +++ SKY TO GO DARK AT NIGHT-TIME [#]
If there's one thing I just don't "get", it's Tofu. I mean, [...]

Twitterings: 17th-23rd July

Friday morning Pavement lyric #10: "The wicket keeper is down." [#]
The next person to refer to public- and private-sector "apartheid" gets a bop on the nose from me. (My money's on Digby Jones.) [#]
In the sun, in the Lakes. As near perfect day as one could reasonably expect. Tomorrow? It's bound to be my turn [...]

Twitterings: 10th-16th July

Friday morning Pavement lyric #9: "Herr Proctor offers said land for a song. But no one wants to sing." [#]
Virgin Media's direct mail department exhibits an admirable persistence, bordering on harassment. I'll give them that. [#]
Dropping an apple into my son's packed lunch is a triumph of hope over experience. [#]
Been press-ganged into a yogic [...]

Twitterings: 3rd-9th July

Friday morning Pavement lyric #8: “Look around, around, the second drummer drowned. His telephone is found.” [#]
Junk mail from Barclaycard, with “nothing of *interest* in here…” written on the envelope. Geddit? Got it. Bin. [#]
Advert for Veet promises “touchably smooth legs”. Touchably. Touchably? TOUCHABLY?!? [#]
With a mark of 63% (15 correct answers out of [...]