Wondering what rabbits would write on signs before their homes...

An airport encounter

So there I was yesterday night having three hours to kill at FRA (Frankfurt airport), working in a half-empty noodle bar -MoshMosh; if you ask (sort of Wagamama; with better beer but not as good dumplings).
Weissbier tasting meant I had zip to the gents 5mn only to find a middle-aged woman sat opposite me. The waitress (tasked with watching my possessions) later told me she tried to say someone was sitting there, to no avail. Those long tables were quite narrow, so I felt a bit annoyed for a short while and then resumed crafting a powerpoint on my laptop.
She orders food, I eat a pho and then the next thing is that she spills her white wine on my laptop. She mubles sorry, I say nothing but am profoundly annoyed. She wipes it -ineffectively-, I mention she could drink champagne as it doesn't stain since it also made it onto my trousers. She answers it should not stain, to which I say I'll have to take a trip to the dry cleaner. She looks ashamed, glances sideways without a word for a good 10 mn, then picks up her things and flees without uttering anything else.
I was amazed by so much rudeness and wondered whether she would she have offered to picki up the drycleaner bill if she was a bloke? Anyway, I guess I'll go to a different restaurant next time, maybe Hooters?

This made my day: John Cleese on Sarah Palin

This cheered me up today:
John Cleese on Sarah Palin: "Monty Python Could Have Written This." - Boing Boing

(on Seesmic via Boing Boing)

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Commuting Humour

Read two amusing posts today:

• Mel on a commuter eating Porridge on The Train. Using china and cutelry. Apparently he boards at North Sheen -the hunt for incriminating pictures is open.
• And the London Underground blog on this sticker: Emergency Margaritas on the Tube

Today, I've solved the energy crisis (Friday post)!

See my commentary on

Rob Enderle's post: The Desk That Could Save Your Life.

Actually, I think I've solved several problems:

• reduce dependency on (foreign) oil and other fossile energy sources via a totally renewable (read "breeding) source
• reduce NHS deficit and combat obesity epidemic
• solve back problems of office workers
• provide new-age management metrics
• and many more!

Extinguishers failing are common sense test

Read this yesterday:
Extinguishers banned as ‘fire risk’ - Times Online

In theit great wisdom, Bornemouth Fire brigade backed the removal of those safety devices in fear that residents would try tackle a blaze rather than flee.

I don't know whether to categorise this a case of health and safety gone bonkers or as a common sense failure. Surely the Firemen would better employ their free time training people tackling small incidents before they turn into major fires???


Tags: humour, UK, richmondtransits.blog, health&safety

Health and safety gone bonkers

I was today denied a rare tuna steak by the catering company at work, on the basis that it was against their corporate policy -which I imagine has been devised by a health and safety consultant. I hate overcooked tuna!

The health and safety epidemic is spreading at a fast rate, at the expense of common sense -which seems to be in short supplies those days. Other examples I've come across recently include:

• why motorways are closed for minor incidents
• how to deal with a broken light bulb if you're a parliment janitor
  
• 10 best from the Daily Telegraph

And I haven't even started on the subject of political correctness....

Tags: richmondtransits.blog, health&safety, humour, funny

TSA security

For anyone having travelled to the US of A, this clip should bring back memories:



The daftness of the airport security regulations is at best annoying, if you add the gross incompetence of the so-called security staff it's actuall no laughing matter...

11/09/07 Update: even high-ranking officials are caught by the over-zealous-iditotic US aiport security: Cahill voices anger after customs detains his family over fruit [The Boston Globe]


Tags: humour, transportation, USA, richmondtransits.blog

It's Friday, let's laugh away!

Babies -isn't that the best thing in a lifetime?



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YouCreativity!

Absolutely great stop-motion clip unearthed on YouTube! (link from BoingBoing):



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No beer? No lunch, says Belgian parliamentarian (Reuters)

A lunch meeting between a leading parliamentarian in Belgium and counterparts from Iran has been cancelled because the beer-loving Belgian could not stomach a ban on alcohol.

Never mind then!

http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=2005-06-30T110907Z_01_KWA040141_RTRIDST_0_OUKOE-BELGIUM-IRAN-ALCOHOL.XML

Google deletes Europe....

... the Register accuses W (aka Dubya) to erase non-compliant nations. In fact, in Google's world, there's only US and UK, nothing else from Europe!

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/04/29/google_bush_map/

Was Spain on Google's lights before they finally saw the light?

PS: check this site www.democracynow.org/

TGIF: office-humour.com

Fridays.....

A link for my cousin Sté :

One for my folks: http://www.office-humour.co.uk/item.cfm?itm=2932

This one for the Brits: http://www.office-humour.co.uk/item.cfm?itm=2939

And lastly, if anyone on the planet still thought W had some form of intelligence: http://www.office-humour.com/content/files/mov/sovereignty.mov

Spin Bunny

Can you gag a blog? Well, some have tried, with no luck thankfully!

Great attitude Spin Bunny!