I’ve been browsing through my old debritz.net blog and found a few one-liners* that, I think, are worth revisiting. They date back to 2008,when I was living in Glasgow:
According to a Facebook application, I was Pablo Picasso in a previous life. It’s very flattering, but impossible. I was 12 when Picasso died.
What Australians call a “deposit slip” is called a “paying-in slip” at my UK bank. For once, I prefer Australian English.
On the subject of tackling climate change … would it be possible to to harness all the energy currently used to delete spam emails to power the internet?
Research shows that the British – and especially the Scottish – are the world’s most sexually active people. As one comment on the Russian-language web forum tut.by says, it’s because the Scots don’t have to waste time taking their trousers off.
When is “free” not free? When it’s a discount airline ticket. My fare from Glasgow to Frankfurt with Ryanair was advertised at 0.00 pounds. But when taxes, baggage fees, insurance and other costs were added, the bill totalled 47.20 pounds. Still cheap, but more than I expected.
I’ve just encountered the worst busker I’ve ever heard, outside Woolworths in Glasgow’s Argyle Street. If I were the manager, I’d give her money to go and sing outside Argos. (Not long after I originally posted that one, Woolworths closed down. The really should have listened to me.)
A grownup – possibly a teacher or assisting parent – was leading some children through the White Tower at the Tower of London today. As we were all descending a narrow staircase, I heard her tell them that Sleeping Beauty was at rest in the tower waiting for her prince to come. “Hold on,” said one of the kids. “Isn’t that just a fairy tale?”
PS: I don’t understand why the woman even attempted to lie, because the truth about this historic site is a great yarn in itself.
Warning on a tin of Marks and Spencer peanuts: “May contain traces of other nuts.”
* May contain more than one line.
