The 'quiff' or 'pompadour' hairstyle I decided to wear today (bad hair day = must put hair UP), was in fact named after Madame de Pompadour, the mistress of Louis XV.

What? You asked. And it's the most interesting thing that has happened to me today, learning that.

O.o

Kari is also a boys name. Note to self, stop calling Kari 'her/she'

Sam is also a girls name. Note to self, stop boss from calling Sam 'she' as she is making me confused...

Who's Who on our intranet is very helpful when dealing with people you have never seen...it lets you know if they are a he or a she...Or in the case of the person who I won't name, we still don't know if it is a he/she - even with the photo

There are Discworld Chat rooms on these boards.
Seriously, I just found out today...probably would have taken at least 2 more years if Joc hadn't told me!

If I move... my brain hurts.
If I cough... my brain hurts.
If I sneeze... my brain hurts.

I've learned never trust my friends to organize another pre "sell-by date" party again.

Thinks (with hurting brain)... I'm not going to get another one, am I?

Learned today:
- 5€ kites are really worth 5€.
- If you ever buy a 5€ kite, remember to take Duck tape with you when you use it.
- Kite flying rocks. I can't believe I reached 30 before even trying it. well, unless you count kites made of paper and lollipop sticks held together with sellotape.
- I am not as sucky at kite flying as I thought I might be. I sometimes didn't crash it at all.
- A nice flat compact beach is the perfect place for kite flying. If it happens to be a nice sunny afternoon with just enough wind, it can make the most lovely time of all.

Remembered today:
Living right by the beach ROCKS

NCT's suck (that's the Irish version of the MOT to make sure your car is actually road-worthy.) They are expensive, and make your happiness levels plummet when you see your car up on the lift and the guy doing the exam is shaking his head while hitting the bodywork with his hand...

...corrosion on cars sucks. Especially when it rusts away the bottom (where you can't see it) and also chews away at your brake lines ...

...my car does not know the meaning of the word pass...

...I need a new car...

It took me 40 minutes to remember how to knit.

I have no willpower. I lasted six whole hours without a cigarette. But I shall endeavour to try again tomorrow.

I am envious of Katcal. I have never gotten a kite to fly. And I don't live right by a beach as she does.

Well mazekin, you are welcome to borrow both beach and kite whenever you like. I do agree that NCTs or whatever the equivalent suck. Last time we were told that the regulation had changed and the tyres we had changed 2 months before were no longer valid. We had changed them at the same place that did the test, at which time the legislation had already changed, so we yelled at them until we got our tyres changed for just the difference in price. Bastards.

I might just take you up on that offer - let me know when it suits you

Anytime, hon, just let us know beforehand to make sure we're around...

When are we going to get the photographs of the Irish
record for a high altitude bunny?

Oooh, bad mental picture of Thumper tied to a kite...in a thunderstorm...

That's not a bad mental picture, that's freakin' hilarious.

I am a really sad individual. Not really learned, but more reinforced this evening. I've just spent close on 3 hours trawling through my posts on an old board looking for a post / skit on vegetable wars. I can vaguely remember what I wrote, and I know it happened! It wasn't just something my mind has made up in the last couple of days. I know it has to be in there somewhere, but I cannot for the life of me find it. I did find a reference to it in another post, but no War of the Vegetables...goddamnit! I've searched and searched and searched. I've searched on veg, I've searched on Potato, Potatoe, Pot, tat, war, my user number...sigh, I think I'm just going to head to bed now and dream of Potato kings...

Poot.

If you were looking on the old TP boards, they have been effectively scrubbed.

Indeed they have. A lot of old stuff has been deleted. It wasn't just in your head.

I have learnt that my knowledge of the German language is not sufficient.
Honestly, you'd think people would believe a more or less literal and educated native speaker when one tells them -on request or in a discussion on the matter- which is the correct German grammar/ spelling. But no, I am wrong, or at least theirs is a correct possible alternative and not at all wrong... and could it be I am speaking some sort of dialect that isn't standard German (apparently without ever realizing)? This annoys me more than it should.(1)

I at least know my English is far, far from perfect.


(1)One pet issue this arises over is English speakers accusing Kennedy of having himself called a jelly donut during his famous speech in Berlin. ("Ich bin ein Berliner.") A native speaker pointing out that (A) is sounds perfectly right to them and (B) that the German masses at the time cheered enthusiastically instead of breaking into a laugh does not irritate those people who are too fond of the joke to let go of it. Cue in people who start lecturing me on the standards of German grammar.