January 2011
10 posts
169 - Ball of string in the drawer
It never stays in a bloody ball, it unwraps itself and rolls around your keys and the scissors and the blu tack and everything else in the drawer.
Handy if you want to get everything out at once, otherwise not so good.
168 - Fails taken out of context
I’m sure you’ve all found yourself on failbook an one point or another, after all we need a bit of light comic relief in our day to day online lives. But isn’t it annoying when something has been done deliberately yet someone calls it out as a fail?
Take for example “Bookcase Fail” -
Do you really think the bookcase has warped and dropped all the books? This is...
167 - Missing your team on match of the day
You’re headed home, an uneventful Saturday night and you think well I’ll get home in time to catch Match of The Day. You’re going to miss the first 10 minutes but you’re team weren’t a featured game so it’s alright. You inevitably sit down to see the last of Alan Hansen’s laments at the oppositions defending and you’ve missed it.
Now the choice, is...
166 - Snoozing your alarm
For some reason alarms normally snooze for 9 minutes which are usually spent like this,
0 - 3 minutes: Yes, I can get a little bit extra sleep
3 - 6 minutes: Come on, bit more sleep, I’ll have to get up soon
6 - 9 minutes: Did I snooze the alarm? I didn’t turn it off did I? What if I did and I fall asleep?
165 - CD cases not showing track numbers
How many times have you looked at the car stereo and thought what’s this track called and had to count through the list to number 8. Why not just put numbers on the listing?
164 - Eating noodles or spaghetti neatly
I’ll be honest I’m not sure this is possible unless you cut you spaghetti up into little bits which removes most of the fun surely? Sucking up your food like a hose or having it dangle out of your mouth whilst you pretend to be some sort of monster is half the reason I think some people eat spaghetti. Which is all well and good but just bear it in mind before you order the spaghetti...
163 - Drawing on your shirt
I often put a pen in my top shirt pocket, the problem is sometimes I don’t pay enough attention to press the button on the top and retract the nib, or I accidentally press it as I put the pen in my pocket. The result is a series of lines drawn on my shirt running into my pocket. This normally happens not when I’m at home and about to go out and where I can quickly change my shirt, nope...
162 - Guessing pasta portions
It’s damn near impossible, the recommended weights are never enough, you can’t guesstimate how much it’ll expand and you’re forever haunted by that time you had everyone round for tea and you didn’t put enough on to cook.
I guess the only option is to go crazy and put way too much in.
NB. This can also be an issue with rice.
161 - Putting your top on backwards
A rookie error up there with tucking your trousers into your sock (when not cycling), getting your skirt caught in your knickers, and having your shirt sticking out of your fly.
Frustrating if you catch it before walking out the door and damn embarrassing if don’t.
160 - When a phone interferes with your speakers
You know that really annoying d-d-d-d-d-d type noise you get when your phone signal interferes with the speakers and you can’t hear the music or anything. I have no idea what causes otherwise I might try and find out how to stop it, apart from the mega obvious just moving the phone.