Ooooh lordy, troubled so hard

My 'new' office neighbour,BoyIdiot, is back from a week off ...

.. and in the space of eight hours he's almost managed (only almost) to drive me around the bleedin' bend

How is it possible ? Me being such a patient young chappy an' all ?

It's been a while since i'd gotten used to BoyIdiot crying out 'Rodriguez !' at inpromptu moments (in a Tourrette's syndrome stylie, to boot) ...

... as too to his thigh slapping routine ...

... his penchant for salad sandwhich arranging ? That's old news - i'm perfectly aware that some people do need to have ritualistic things going on to, y'know, set their day

But...

Today, i've discovered that he ...

Talks to himself whilst he works

Well, o.k, not 'talk' as such, more sort of ... mumbling loudly and incoherently under his breath ... all day long ... i wonder if he does it from the moment he wakes 'till the moment he lays his head down on lavender scented pillows ?

Whilst i've not yet figured out what this mantra of blood oaths is , it's a bit disconcerting, all the same ... especially if you're doing a feedback session with a trainee

This only stops, naturally enough, when BI has to go out and sate his gargantuan appetite

And that's not all

Nahhhhh !

There's better

Unless you've turned off the sound effects on the your computer to save battery power, when you hit the return key or the space bar on the keyboard it let's out a dull, off-key, 'ding' sound

BI seems to love making tunes in one note

You have to imagine, here, the phrase 'One for the old man, all right !'

In BI space bar and return key 'music' this equals to : ring ding a ding-ding .. ding ding !!!

To which you have to add 'Ahhhhhhhhhhhh'

and 'Rodrigueeeeeeeeez !!!!!!!!!'

Tomorrow i'm going to have to start early - i really need to turn off BI's sound card

Ôh woe is me ... on Tuesday my office was finally moved to the first floor which means that i'm now working amongst the HystericalHarridans

It didn't take me long to see the groupe 'dynamic' in action ...

Any small, everyday, little problem gets blown out of all proportion as it gets succesively handed around like a hot potato - mountain, meet molehill

For example : the WickedWitches of the planning have a problem that they can't resolve so they call Marge to help. Marge quickly realises that the WickedWitches have created their own problem by 'not following standard procedure'

Marge then goes to see MissusBossWoman to (helpfully) explain to her what's going on, who in turn flaps around and sticks her beak in, only making matters worse

All of which, as can be imagined, leads to shoutyness, bad temperedness and a general strain in the atmosphere

Nice !

I'm resolved to working with my door closed and the music on full blast for the forseeable future ;@)

ça me fait marrer

Blague du jour

c'est mignon :D

Arthur a 90 ans.
Il a joué au golf tous les jours depuis sa retraite il y a 25 ans.

Un jour, il rentre chez lui complètement découragé : "C'est fini," dit-il à sa femme, "J'abandonne le golf. Ma vue est rendue si mauvaise ... après que j'ai frappé la balle, je ne peux pas voir où elle va"

Sa femme lui dit "Pourquoi n'amènerais-tu pas mon frère avec toi au golf et essayer une dernière fois ?"

"Ton frère a 103 ans !," répond Arthur,"Il ne peut pas m'aider"

"Il a peut-être 103 ans," dit sa femme, "mais il a une vision parfaite !"

Alors, le lendemain, Arthur se rend au terrain de golf avec son beau-frère. Il place sa balle sur le tee, s'élance, frappe, puis cherche la balle au loin...

Il se tourne vers son beau-frère : "As-tu vu où est allée ma balle ?"

"Bien sûr que je l'ai vue, ma vision est parfaite"

"Excellent ! Où est-elle ?"

"M'en rappelle plus ..."

Merci Balaj :p

je me sentirai mieux après ...

*faitchierbordeldemerdecouilles*

:$

Check this out :

Imagine : one of those mornings where you awake fully refreshed after a night of quality slumber

y'know ... you've just allowed yourself an few extra minutes under the snuggly warmth of the duvet and right now, you're fleetfoodedly gliding around the place on tiptop form*whooohooo* - perhaps you've even got Barry White grooving in the background ... like ...whatever ...

As you flit around, clad only in a bath towel, you flick on the computer,the espresso machine and finally ... the toaster ... ! attention! in the correct order ... because ...

... if all goes according to a plan that very few are aware of, you should, have enough time on you hands to read a bit of news, ditch your spams and sign up to a few online dating agencies

All in all, a nice way to start your average day, n'est-ce pas ?

How about, then, the shock and fleeting horror, when you flop yourself down in front of your screen to see that it's not 'six' but 'ten thirty' in the morning ... due to a dead alarm clock :'( ... how can it be, that an idyly such as this, can be destroyed by ... by ... humdrumness

D!oh!

The N° of minutes *late* that i managed to amble into work this morning = 75

The N° of E-mails that i'm absolutely shared scittless to open = 5

The N° of Names that must not get through = 5 + 2 or 3 others

Three days after my near fatal, isolated-in-an-oxygen-tent-brush-with-the-FluOfDeath, i am now back into the swing of things ...

... happily sharing microbes goodwill and germs happiness ;@)

Maurice Patapon

Blague du jour

Un jeune mari rentre chez lui et sa femme lui saute au cou en disant :

"Chéri, j'ai une grande nouvelle : je suis en retard d'un mois. Je crois que nous allons avoir un bébé ! J'ai fait un test de grossesse chez le médecin et nous aurons le résultat d'ici un jour ou deux.Tant que nous n’aurons pas le résultat, on n’en parle à personne"

Le lendemain, un conseiller clientèle d’E.D.F. téléphone chez eux au sujet d’une facture impayée.

"Vous êtes bien Mme Dupont ?"
"Oui"
"Madame, vous avez un mois de retard"
"Mais… comment le savez-vous ?"
"Nous avons des ordinateurs, c'est inscrit dans notre base de données"
"Que dites-vous, c'est inscrit dans vos ordinateurs ?"
"Absolument !"

Le soir elle raconte cette conversation à son mari qui, fou de rage, se précipite dès le lendemain au siège de la compagnie d'électricité.

"Qu'est-ce que c'est que cette histoire, vous inscrivez dans votre base de données que ma femme a un mois de retard ? De quoi vous mêlez-vous ?"

"Écoutez," dit le conseiller clientèle, "calmez vous, ce n'est pas bien grave. Vous n'avez qu'à l'acquitter"

"La quitter ? Il n'en est pas question ! Je ne la quitterai jamais, ni maintenant, ni plus tard !"

"Dans ce cas, je vous préviens que si vous refusez de l'acquitter,on va vous la couper"

"Quoi ? Me la couper ? Mais vous êtes fou ! Et que deviendra ma femme ?"
"Je ne sais pas… elle n'aura qu'à se servir d'une bougie"

D!oh

I'm still suffering with a bit of the flu *sniff sniff cough cough* and finally gave in and am now in the middle of three days off to try to recover - i'm going to a rugby match with a group of clients on Saturday so i have to be on form :'(

I've spent the last few days in-and-out from under the duvet, drinking hot lemon drinks and trying to make the Blogger tag thing work for my music links ... it doesn't work very well and so, as can be gathered from the posting below, i've done it all manually (just like in the good old days)

I'll back date it on sunday and will put a new link to it under the category heading over on the left

Right now, i'm off to make some soup :'(( and go back for a bit of snooze

Music vid archive

Click on a thumbnail to see the video in a new page
Best of 2006, Best of 2007

A

Alain Bashung
La nuit je mens

Alanis Morrissette
Hand in my pocket

Amy Whitehouse
Back to black

Amy Whitehouse
Rehab

Amy Whitehouse
You know i'm no good

Anaïs
Mon amour mon coeur

B

Beastie boys
Sabotage

Beck
Mixed business

Black eyed peas
Don't funk with my heart

Black eyed peas
My humps

Blind Melon
No rain

Bloodarm feat Anaïs
Do i have your attention

C

Cardigans
Favorite game

Carla Bruni
Le plus beau du quartier

Carla Bruni
Quelqu'un m'a dit

Chris Isaak
Wicked game

Coldplay
Clocks

Coldplay
Trouble

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Hopelessly hoping

D

Dandy Warhols
We used to be friends

Dandy Warhols
Bohemian like you

Dandy Warhols
Boys Better
Dandy Warhols
Godless

Daniel Balavoine
SOS d'un terrien en detresse
Dawn Penn
You don't love me (no, no ,no)
Duffy
Mercy
Duffy
Rockferry

Duffy
Warwick Avenue


E

Edith Piaf
L'hymne à l'amour
Edith Piaf
La foule

F

Finlay Quaye
Sunday shining

Frankie Valli
Beggin'


Franz Ferdinand
Take me out

Franz Ferdinand
Dark of the Matinee

G

Gorrilaz
Clint Eastwood
Gotan Project
Santa Maria (del Buen Ayre)

Gotan Project
El capitalismo-foraneo

Gotan Project
Amor portento

Gotan Project
Differente

Gotan Project
Notas

H
I
J

Jacques Dutronc
Les playboys

Jane's addiction
Been caught stealin'

Jeanne Moreau
Le tourbillon de la vie

Johnny Cash
Hurt
K

Katerine
Luxour, j'adore
L
M

Massive Attack
Inertia creeps

Massive Attack
Karmacoma

Massive Attack
Protection

Moby
Why does my heart feel so bad

Moby
In this world

Moby
Natural blues

N

Nancy Sinatra
These boots (are made for walking)
Nizlopi
Start beginning
Nizlopi
jcb song

Noir Desir
Tostaky



O

Outkast
Hey ya

P

Pink Martini
Amado mio

Portishead
Glory box

Q
R

The Raconteurs
Broken boy soldiers

The Raconteurs
Steady as she goes

S

Serge Gainsbourg & Brigitte Bardot
Comic strip

Small Faces
Tin soldier

Supermen Lovers
Starlight

T

Tom Jones
What's new (pussycat)
It's not unusual
She's a lady
Delilah

Travis
Sing

U
Utah Saints
Something good '08


V
W

Les Wampas
Où sont les femmes

The White Stripes
Seven nation army

X
Y
X