Mundane News

[Fergs]

Which in my case is Arsenal.

[...] I grew up a stone's throw away from the stadium. I could hear the crowds on match days.

Hmm, something doesn’t add up - I went to Highbury more than once and I couldn’t hear the crowd from inside the ground


Sorry, I just couldn’t resist referencing the old library gags

 

[Reynard]

Hmm, something doesn’t add up - I went to Highbury more than once and I couldn’t hear the crowd from inside the ground


Sorry, I just couldn’t resist referencing the old library gags

Hrmph...

 

[Reynard]

Well, time for a and MOTD.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

My inner tube is sitting on a chair and it still hasn't deflated. I may have disproved Descartes' 'Cogito Air Go Somewhere'.

 

[classic33]

My inner tube is sitting on a chair and it still hasn't deflated. I may have disproved Descartes' 'Cogito Air Go Somewhere'.

Until you put it back inside the tyre, at which point it'll just disappear again.

 

[randynewmanscat]

One year on Tuesday since I last had a haircut.

 

[randynewmanscat]

I've renewed my van insurance. It doesn't get much more mundane than that.

There's nothing mundane about that. It's a fearful experience to dare ask how much they want to shaft you for daring not to have any claims whatsoever in the previous year.

 

[mybike]

My daughter has just broken her headphones

Do you have ear plugs?

 

[mybike]

Fixed a puncture on the little truck thing my Mum uses to move flower pots around the garden.

Surprisingly difficult to get such a small diametre tyre on and off the rim. Also tyres and tubes are junk quality as they're only about two years old and are all splits and cracks and in reality have probably only covered a few hundred yards in their lifetime.

I replaced my father's wheelbarrow tubeless with a solid one, really no point in trying to repair it.

 

[mybike]

I believe it refers to "Match Of The Day", and is connected to something known as "Football", a form of ritualised tribal warfare much favoured amongst certain tribes, and which their youth are often forced to "play" under the pretence of "education". (See also "Rugby")

From whence I got my hatred of team sports. We also had to play hockey.

 

[classic33]

From whence I got my hatred of team sports. We also had to play hockey.

They wouldn't let me play hockey after I'd brought two Waivin hurleys in for comparison. They felt I was dangerous with a hockey stick.

 

[Reynard]

From whence I got my hatred of team sports. We also had to play hockey.

I played representative hockey and football at school. As well as being the captain of the fencing team.

All the "cool" girls played netball, tennis and rounders. I preferred sports where you could get stuck into your opponents.

 

[classic33]

I played representative hockey and football at school. As well as being the captain of the fencing team.

All the "cool" girls played netball, tennis and rounders. I preferred sports where you could get stuck into your opponents.

The hook shape of a hockey stick was useful at times.

 

[Reynard]

The hook shape of a hockey stick was useful at times.

Tell me about it...

 

[Gravity Aided]

3C, and rainy. For the moment..