Tea? (Part 1)

[TheDoctor]

It is now!

it's not your sig line I'm dissing, it's the Johnny-come-lately hangers on who thought it would be a good line to emulate. I include myself in that.

And sorry to hear about the poor showing on the interview front. Since I can only assume that any workplace would be hugely improved by your addition to it, that's their loss.

[/creep mode]

My interview seemed to go OK, but I'll know when I hear back, if I do.

 

[Arch]

And sorry to hear about the poor showing on the interview front. Since I can only assume that any workplace would be hugely improved by your addition to it, that's their loss.

Well, I guess I may hear something. Bit annoyed if I fail to get even an interview, especially for the library shelving assistant job, I really fancied that one, had all the qualities required etc... Hope it isn't because they think I'll up and leave as soon as I have my PhD, I specifically made the point on the application of saying I wouldn't.

Ah well, we'll just have to see. At least I'm now earning SOMETHING, so the free overdraft won't be haemorhaging away quite so fast....

 

[wafflycat]

Copy of the Beano?

Rumbled!

 

[TheDoctor]

Well, I guess I may hear something. Bit annoyed if I fail to get even an interview, especially for the library shelving assistant job, I really fancied that one, had all the qualities required etc... Hope it isn't because they think I'll up and leave as soon as I have my PhD, I specifically made the point on the application of saying I wouldn't.

Ah well, we'll just have to see. At least I'm now earning SOMETHING, so the free overdraft won't be haemorhaging away quite so fast....

Isn't that like shelf-stacking in Tescos, only with books rather than tins of dog food? If this is not appropriate then apols in advance, but would temp agencies be a way to go? Gets away from the 'up and leave' thing at least.

We need to kidnap the you-know-what from you-know-where, and then ransom it back. Make a load of money, and get to play with the you-know-what, feed it buns etc for a while too.
It can't go wrong

*assembles huge cardboard box with airholes and wheels*

 

[Arch]

Isn't that like shelf-stacking in Tescos, only with books rather than tins of dog food? If this is not appropriate then apols in advance, but would temp agencies be a way to go? Gets away from the 'up and leave' thing at least.

Well, a bit, but more cerebral - library books have to be in exactly the right place on the shelf, according to the reference system, and would need to be collected up from the desk, or wherever people consulting them had left them, and then returned to the right subject area, and reshelved in the exact right place. Not rocket science, but not too dull a way to spend 4 hours a day, and I've always thought a job in the library would be something I could enjoy. Anything that involved being among books would be good and this is the Uni library, so pretty massive, and all sorts of subjects.... Plus, I'd get to "Shhhhhssssssss!" at noisy students, I guess

Yeah, temping may be the way to go - necessity may eventually drive me to it - mostly I'm just putting it off, god knows why. Lack of confidence perhaps ...

We need to kidnap the you-know-what from you-know-where, and then ransom it back. Make a load of money, and get to play with the you-know-what, feed it buns etc for a while too.
It can't go wrong

*assembles huge cardboard box with airholes and wheels*

Well, ok, you get the you-know-what, next time you're passing (you've got a car right? I don't think I'd get it in my pannier), let me know you've got it, and I'll hot foot it down with buns....

 

[TheDoctor]

Well, a bit, but more cerebral - library books have to be in exactly the right place on the shelf, according to the reference system, and would need to be collected up from the desk, or wherever people consulting them had left them, and then returned to the right subject area, and reshelved in the exact right place. Not rocket science, but not too dull a way to spend 4 hours a day, and I've always thought a job in the library would be something I could enjoy. Anything that involved being among books would be good and this is the Uni library, so pretty massive, and all sorts of subjects.... Plus, I'd get to "Shhhhhssssssss!" at noisy students, I guess

Yeah, temping may be the way to go - necessity may eventually drive me to it - mostly I'm just putting it off, god knows why. Lack of confidence perhaps ...



Well, ok, you get the you-know-what, next time you're passing (you've got a car right? I don't think I'd get it in my pannier), let me know you've got it, and I'll hot foot it down with buns....

I wouldn't worry about confidence when setting foot in a temp agency - the people in there would probably aspire to being pond life. Most of the candidates are OK though. I can understand a certain reluctance to go down that road.

I was actually thinking of just dressing up as a zookeeper and taking the you-know-what for a walk on the end of a lead. I don't expect the dog would mind me borrowing her lead for a bit, and if she did...well, I wouldn't feed her till she got over it. If it was big and strong enough I could just ride it home. The YKW, obviously. Not the dog. That would be silly.

 

[LordoftheTeapot]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/08/09/ntime109.xml

 

[TheDoctor]

Rumbled!

*tries to persuade Temporal Integrity Commission that it's just a doughnut*

 

[Speicher]

Very quiet in here this evening. Chuffy is busy with the cat, and the Black Book. The Doctor is experimenting with doughnuts and temporal Integrity. Mr and Mrs Wafflycat are reading the Beano.

What I am doing - not a lot, feet up, cup of tea in hand, and my favourite biskits, scompf, scompf, dunk.

I can hear a very faint bumping sound coming from somewhere. Dare I investigate while I am on my own?

 

[Chuffy]

Very quiet in here this evening. Chuffy is busy with the cat, and the Black Book. The Doctor is experimenting with doughnuts and temporal Integrity. Mr and Mrs Wafflycat are reading the Beano.

What I am doing - not a lot, feet up, cup of tea in hand, and my favourite biskits, scompf, scompf, dunk.

I can hear a very faint bumping sound coming from somewhere. Dare I investigate while I am on my own?

NOOOOOOOOO, it's the cupboard womble!

 

[Chuffy]

*hides under duvet with cat*

 

[Speicher]

*hides under duvet with cat*

You are not really a Very Brave Chuffy are you? Poor lickle womble got locked in the cupboard, I wonder who did that?

Oh yes, Great Uncle Bulgaria? may I see your work permit please?
Have you met Chuffy? Oh oooops yes, you have . What can we offer you that will make you feel at home? Blinis, Stollen, Sache Torte?
No? you prefer chip butties? Oh well, you and I can go down to the Chip Shop and get some chips, I like mine with Curry Sauce. No, very kind of you to suggest it, but Chuffy won't want any chips, he has had panninninni and ice cream. He can put the kettle on while we are out.

 

[TheDoctor]

*Sticks head round door*

Hello, anyone about? I've got some bavarian beer which I expect will go nicely with chip butties. Let's find the bottle opener.
*searches*
*does not find*

WTF? The bottle opener appears to have been cunningly integrated into a big mechanical...god-only-knows-what. There's been some strange scavenging and engineering going on here and no mistake. Oh well.
[Deploys Swiss army knife]
*sound of opening beer bottle*
[/deploys Swiss army knife]

*Drinks beer, nibbles idly on abandoned remnants of wierd pointy scone*

Let's see if Speicher comes back. I fancy some chips.

Oh hi, BJB. Didn't see you there. Beer?

 

[cookiemonster]

I'll have some Bavarian beer to celebrate a superb result at Pittodrie tonight against Bayern Munich. Would've been better if it wasn't for a dodgey refereering decision by a idiotic Spanish referee.

 

[TheDoctor]

*cracks Wiesenbier and passes across*

Prost!