Midwife Muse has tagged me with the 6 unusual / unexpected/ not generally known things about me meme.

So I had a little thought and I couldn't come up with anything. I explained to Him Indoors that I couldn't come up with anything and said "there isn't really anything weird about me is there?" to which he laughed and almost spat his tea out and then sniggered a "of course not dear". Then he walked off giggling to himself and I was none the wiser.

Then I tried to remember what warranted the last "you are weird you are" from my colleagues. They say it quite a lot so maybe it was the way to go but somehow I couldn't remember what  it was. I guess my brain must have didmissed it since it probably thought it was something quite normal anyway and didn't need earmarking as odd.

So I thought some more, and some more again and because I could only come up with 1 thing, the other 5 are slightly unusal things about my car. Here we go:

  1. I don't get cold easily and often only wear a coat because it's the socially acceptable thing to do.
  2. My car has air bubbles in its windscreen.
  3. There are 2 different kinds of moss growing on the rubber seals around the windows because the car tends to stay parked facing in the same direction most of the time so the passenger and driver's sides get different sun and wind exposure
  4. I have been told the only polish which could restore its original fire engine red colour was a flame thrower
  5. There is a hole in the door where the passenger side wing mirror used to be. It is covered with masking tape.
  6. It has a manual choke. Until recently I had no idea it is unusal for a car to have one.

Now if you think you know weird things about me that you feel
I should be reminded of please feel free to put them in the comments.
1.5.06 14:50



the crowd watches the wooden girl and elephant

It was well worth skipping the Sunday lie in to catch the last day of The Sultan's Elephant.

The piccies taken today are up on Flickr and so are Fimb's pictures and Cowfish's.

A much better account and some linkie goodness are available here

The
moment which deserved a picture but which wasn't captured due to the
camera still being in the bag: 3 policemen carrying a barrier to which
a bicycle has been chained

Special mention for he policeman who
watched us lock the bikes - taking care to chain all quick release
items - before telling us to move them because you can't park a bike
this close to government buildings and they were about to remove all
the bikes already there.
7.5.06 22:54


What do you say to somebody who maintains they can stitch the crotch on their trousers back together while still wearing them appart from "if you say so, just watch where you put the needle, will you"?
9.5.06 19:45


You know you are a mum when,  during a postprandial game of scrabble,  the already laid out BOND calls for the letters A, G and E which are on your tile holder, and you forsake a 22 point word (double word score) in favour of the measly 8 points worth BEIGE.
11.5.06 21:31



raspberry birthday cake

If seven is the age of reason, what is 9?
17.5.06 08:15


Not a good day for baking

  • The sambosecs are overdone and have turned to rock hard spinach flavoured biscuits (that will teach me to follow the recipe rather than my instinct when I set the timer).
  • The pigs in blankets have a wonky look about them.
  • The pasteis de nata are currently overflowing and refusing to brown.
  • The dhokra is so mild even I can't feel the chilli

Guess I could always take a bag of nuts with me instead.
20.5.06 15:09


Tomorrow we are going to spend a few days camping somewhere on the other side of this bridge.Severn Bridge 2

In order to break with our long tradition of forgetting pack something important when going away on holiday a piece of paper and a pen have been placed on the table and The Boy has been given the task of writing down whatever random words get shouted at him as items are remembered. We'll see if it makes a difference. At least this time we won't be forgetting the sleeping bags. Well, I hope we won't.
27.5.06 10:54


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