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Why am I suddenly reminded of Jones in the Fast Lane...
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2018 9:27 pm
by Rath Darkblade
...and in particular, the "Oh! What a Weekend" segments.
Hope you've all having better weekends than I am. Yesterday (Saturday here) was a cold morning, so I put my mobile phone in the pocket of a cardigan. While crossing the road, I involuntarily sneezed. Nothing wrong with that, except that - naturally - my eyes shut, I couldn't see that I was nearly done crossing, and so I stumbled on the footpath and my phone fell out. The screen is now cracked, smashed, and broken, and it will cost $150 to fix.
Still, getting a new phone would cost at least twice as much... so.
This morning, I put on the washing machine - but I forgot that one of my shirts had my train ticket and a packet of mints in the pocket. Naturally, both of them are now ruined.
I would ask what else could go wrong this weekend, but I think I've had enough bad luck!
Hope you've all having better weekends than I am.
Re: Why am I suddenly reminded of Jones in the Fast Lane...
Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2018 11:15 am
by Tawmis
Rath Darkblade wrote:...and in particular, the "Oh! What a Weekend" segments.
Hope you've all having better weekends than I am. Yesterday (Saturday here) was a cold morning, so I put my mobile phone in the pocket of a cardigan. While crossing the road, I involuntarily sneezed. Nothing wrong with that, except that - naturally - my eyes shut, I couldn't see that I was nearly done crossing, and so I stumbled on the footpath and my phone fell out. The screen is now cracked, smashed, and broken, and it will cost $150 to fix.
Still, getting a new phone would cost at least twice as much... so.
This morning, I put on the washing machine - but I forgot that one of my shirts had my train ticket and a packet of mints in the pocket. Naturally, both of them are now ruined.
I would ask what else could go wrong this weekend, but I think I've had enough bad luck!
Hope you've all having better weekends than I am.
I have only ever broken my phone screen (or my phone) once since getting a Smart Phone... I was at "Free Comic Book Day" where I was one of the table folks - some guy pulled up in an actual Bat-mobile. I pulled out my phone - and it slipped right through my fingers - hit the concrete right on the corner... looked like Spider-Man shot a web-load on my phone. Of course, how I ended up finally caving into getting a smart phone (I was rebellious and refused!) is that I had my flip phone in my pocket and was at a dog beach with Odin and dove in the water... so...
As for the mint and the train ticket - do your clothes at least smell minty fresh?
Re: Why am I suddenly reminded of Jones in the Fast Lane...
Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2018 7:09 pm
by Rath Darkblade
Thanks, Tawm. Nope, my clothes just smell of fresh detergent.
And yes, the screen on my phone now looks like a crazy Spiderman-web. It'll take another week and a half for a replacement screen to be shipped and fitted (darn it!)
I remember flip phones!
Sorry to hear that yours ended up in the water. Hey, maybe now a shark can call you.
Re: Why am I suddenly reminded of Jones in the Fast Lane...
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2018 1:41 am
by Tawmis
Rath Darkblade wrote:
I remember flip phones!
Sorry to hear that yours ended up in the water. Hey, maybe now a shark can call you.
There's something ...
fishy... about that logic...
sea ... what I did there?
Re: Why am I suddenly reminded of Jones in the Fast Lane...
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2018 7:06 am
by Rath Darkblade
I
sea. I C-minor.
(And... oh cod... fishy puns. Why does that remind me of this...?)
Re: Why am I suddenly reminded of Jones in the Fast Lane...
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2018 3:35 pm
by Tawmis