Showing posts with label quips. Show all posts
Showing posts with label quips. Show all posts

Oct 14, 2010

Stops signs. A suggestion. If it suits your agenda.

By Thursday, October 14, 2010 ,
I'm turning left at a not very busy intersection and I have right of way. The car on my left, however, has a STOP sign but keeps rolling through and (luckily) brakes when I get in her way.

Through my open window I point "The STOP sign is there for a reason".

Lady driver calmly retorts, "I know I have a stop sign, but I'm in a hurry".


Aug 30, 2009

The Rite of Passage

By Sunday, August 30, 2009 ,
...when your eldest calls you from her flat in Portugal and asks how long she should leave the toilet disinfectant she bought from the supermarket before she flushes.

Ah, they grow up so fast.
It seems like only yesterday I was changing her diaper.
And now we're exchanging toilet cleaning tips.

Aug 17, 2009

Jun 18, 2009

Feb 3, 2009

Dec 1, 2008

Oct 28, 2008

Counting pennies

By Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Things were tight. Things will get even tighter. Money keeps running out earlier and earlier every month with the steeping prices. Yesterday at the supermarket I stopped for bread and milk and was surprised to hear the customer ahead of me tell the cashier "Oh no... please don't hand me the small change, I'm trying to get rid of the extra baggage".

Proof that the economic situation hasn't hit all of us.
Yet.

Oct 25, 2008

Jun 23, 2008

Meanwhile my bladder is doing the conga...

By Monday, June 23, 2008 ,
Yes, people at my workplace [insert sarcastic tone] I love it when you stop me in the hallway while on my way to the bathroom and ask the most incredibly annoying computer questions or challenge me to think which computer best suits your home needs because you think you can bother me since I'm not at my desk.




oh yeah, I forgot... [end sarcastic tone]

Jan 30, 2008

Easy come, easy go

By Wednesday, January 30, 2008 ,
This morning the subway ticket machine gave me back an extra 50 cents by mistake. On the train platform, a man asking for money approached.
The free 50 cents had found its true owner.

Jan 8, 2008

Die-hard Christmas spirit or just plain lazy?

By Tuesday, January 08, 2008
Someone please look at the calendar. That's right. The eighth of January. So why do I still see Christmas decorations and energy-sucking lights dangling around? Huh? Let it go people. It's over. Get off your lazy bums and start packing them trees and lights back in their boxes for next year's Christmas. Santa has left the building, gone home to the melting Pole.

Oct 18, 2007

Jul 25, 2007

Feb 13, 2007

Jan 2, 2007

New Year, Old Me.

By Tuesday, January 02, 2007
Second day of the New Year.
So far, so good.

Happy, Healthy, Creative New Year to All!

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Nov 27, 2006

Nov 5, 2006

Oct 17, 2006

Will daylights saving time please rush this year? I'm drowsy.

By Tuesday, October 17, 2006
The cold set in, here at sunny Greece, land of the Olympian gods yaddah yaddah yaddah. The quilts are on the beds, the jackets hanging in the doorway, the sweaters replaced the T-shirts. Winter is almost official. Almost.

Where's my extra hour of sleep ALREADY?

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