http://www.obscurer.co.uk Dispatches from the South Bank of the Mersey Sun, 05 Sep 2010 11:05:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.obscurer.co.uk/2009/12/twitterings-27th-november-3rd-december.html http://www.obscurer.co.uk/2009/12/twitterings-27th-november-3rd-december.html#comments Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:00:00 +0000 Quinn http://www.obscurer.co.uk/2009/12/twitterings-27th-november-3rd-december.html

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? #

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Still in Cornwall. #

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To Cornwall. #

In Cornwall. #

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

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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 want the trains to run on time, it doesn't make me a fascist. #

No more working for a week or three. That's me. #

First, Virgin Media pester us to join them. Now BT pester us to leave Virgin and join them. Except we're already *with* BT. I give up. #

Those were yummy pakoras. But the batter was the natural enemy of tempura. #

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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, in all honesty, claim to enjoy shiny ham? #

My daughter cries "No, don't want it naughty step!" But that's kind of the point. #

Got up early for work this morning, got ready leisurely, and forgot half my stuff. Tomorrow I'll revert to my "last-minute-mad-dash" method. #

"If the NHS is so great, why has no other nation copied it?" is the criticism of the NHS for people who don't like to think too hard. #

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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 frame of mind. [#]

Considering the irony of last night's The Street: an actor plays a "bigoted chef" while his best mate is played by real-life Big Cook. [#]

Wednesday Fact: the Great Wall of China is the only man-made object visible to the naked eye if you get your face right up close to it. [#]

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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, I know it's beancurd; but what is it now? [#]

City's "Tevez – Welcome To Manchester" poster + Ferguson's brittle response = job done. [#]

Just read an email from Premier Inn saying "Your booking in confirmed" as "Your joy in unconfined". I think I need a rest. [#]

Whatever happened to our "barbecue summer"? http://amplify.com/u/e12 [#]

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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 to come down with swine flu [#]

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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 workout, again, thanks to Waybuloo and an insistent 2-year-old. [#]

@iamnotsteve Fair's fair, ITV make The Street for the BBC, and that's ace. What? It's been cancelled? As you were then. http://bit.ly/6XowJ in reply to iamnotsteve [#]

@iamnotsteve No need to be scared. Only me. in reply to iamnotsteve [#]

Got a new mobile phone and I'm still at that in-between phase: the new one, I can't get my head round; the old one, seems archaic already. [#]

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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 24) I’m the latest British Citizen to fail the UK Citizenship Test! Woo-hoo! http://tr.im/r5jM [#]

@gezd But will you be expelled from GrammarBlog for writing “deport me too” instead of “deport me to” in reply to gezd [#]

@hackneye Oh, there were plenty of guesses-that-came-off in my 63%. Have you decided where you want to be deported to? I fancy Spain. in reply to hackneye [#]

Sometimes it seems the only productive thing I do is to endlessly re-repair broken plastic toys with SuperGlue. But at least I have that. [#]

Manchester United: Dignified & Humble http://amplify.com/u/ap4 [#]

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