Post something good that happened today, Parts Two

[odeon]

Took an hour and a half off work.

[Phoenix]

I accidentally missed the bin collection this morning, called to let them know and they actually came back for it. 

Wow. That would never happen here. We'd get a "well you're SOL aren't ya" 

[Lord of the Ales]

Here too usually. Must be my day. 

[Phoenix]

You post actually reminded me that I had to take my own out this morning too 

[Lord of the Ales]

Just as well. 

[Walkie]

I accidentally missed the bin collection this morning, called to let them know and they actually came back for it. 

Wow. That would never happen here. We'd get a "well you're SOL aren't ya" 

wouldn't happen here either (about 100 miles down the road from Dunc)
He must sound like the kind of bloke you wouldn't want to mess with. Or something.   

[Walkie]

Here too usually. Must be my day. 

Just noticed this. I think I've got it! Covid-19 has led to staff shortages, due to self-isolation.  Sooooo they've had to train up new staff fast, with the result that they've just had to omit the "smug bastard" module of the training course 

[Lord of the Ales]

That must be it. 

[Gopher Gary]

I've got it! Covid-19

I read this as a complete sentence.

[Gopher Gary]

You post actually reminded me that I had to take my own out this morning too 

I just realized I don't even know what days the trash runs around here. 

[Walkie]

I've got it! Covid-19

I read this as a complete sentence.

hehe . thanks gopher, you just retrospectively justified posting that under "something good..."

but here's something really good. BBC i-player is veritable treasure trove of good drama (as well as good documentaries..you name it!) Thanks to their awesome colection of box sets, I was able to re-watch the excellent second series of "Missing"along with my son (who hadn't yet seen it) . Just watched the final episode today

What's more, we had this not-especially-fascinating little discussion about how i keep thinking that Julien Baptiste's first name is Jean.  I think I'm getting him mixed up with John the Baptist.  Anyway , after a bit of discission about this, my son fell silent on this issue for several hours; and then suddenly, in all seriousness,  he  came out with "Yeah, I can see why you get him mixed up with John the Baptiste"

   obviously he's totally the right person to explain my confusion, isn't he?  I suppose I have a weird sense of humour,  but  it took me ten minutes to stop spluttering with laughter, and still, at random intervals that phrase sudden;y  comes back to mind, and i;m spluttering all over again . Son was laughing too, but I'm starting to annoy him now. 

[Gopher Gary]

I've got it! Covid-19

I read this as a complete sentence.

hehe . thanks gopher, you just retrospectively justified posting that under "something good..."

Yeah, I'm not the observant type.    Seriously though, it freaked me out.

[Gopher Gary]

What's more, we had this not-especially-fascinating little discussion about how i keep thinking that Julien Baptiste's first name is Jean.  I think I'm getting him mixed up with John the Baptist.  Anyway , after a bit of discission about this, my son fell silent on this issue for several hours; and then suddenly, in all seriousness,  he  came out with "Yeah, I can see why you get him mixed up with John the Baptiste"

   obviously he's totally the right person to explain my confusion, isn't he?  I suppose I have a weird sense of humour,  but  it took me ten minutes to stop spluttering with laughter, and still, at random intervals that phrase sudden;y  comes back to mind, and i;m spluttering all over again . Son was laughing too, but I'm starting to annoy him now. 

It's good to have people who get you like that.  One time a few years back the whole family was sitting at the dinner table. My mom was there too and something suddenly reminded me of a really persistent echolalia I had when I was about eight years old. I bent my head back and shouted it at the ceiling. My mom sat there dumbstruck, and I shot her a look like: Oh yeah, I just did that lol. We both busted up laughing hysterically, and no one else could ever understand why that was so funny, even if I tried to explain it. 

[Phoenix]

Had a fabulous social distancing lunch with one of my nearest and dearest. Haven't seen her in 4 months. We each got take out and sat in our own cars and gabbed while eating. Although at one point she kept looking up slight above my head and I could tell she was trying not to laugh. I finally asked her what the problem is and apparently I had a flock of seagulls sitting on my van. So I opened slowly opened up the sunroof (Just the inside covering, not the glass) and it took them a few seconds to notice me and when they did their eyes bugged out and they freaked out and took off.

2 mins later they returned.  So then I yelled at them that if they're going to make me look like frickin Snow White, the LEAST they could do is show up at my house and clean it.

[Lord of the Ales]

 

They should probably clean the shit off your car roof first.