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I was born in Zanzibar. I am officially the Welshest man in the world.
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I was born in Zanzibar. I am officially the Welshest man in the world.
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» Clients Are Stupid
Tried to demo a site with a client at their HQ.
I let them try it out on their computers after the initial presentation blurb thingy. Went for dinner and then went back and tried to get feedback. Got a load of info that sounded as if they hadn't looked at the site at all. Getting more and more suspicious as the day went along - they claiming to have seen bugs which had nothing to do with my site... turned out they were too embarassed to admit that their IT admin was on holiday, and all 3 of their team had forgotten their logins...
(Sun 28th Dec 2003, 22:58, More)
Tried to demo a site with a client at their HQ.
I let them try it out on their computers after the initial presentation blurb thingy. Went for dinner and then went back and tried to get feedback. Got a load of info that sounded as if they hadn't looked at the site at all. Getting more and more suspicious as the day went along - they claiming to have seen bugs which had nothing to do with my site... turned out they were too embarassed to admit that their IT admin was on holiday, and all 3 of their team had forgotten their logins...
(Sun 28th Dec 2003, 22:58, More)
» Breakin' The Law
Do any of you remember the Queen coming to Aberystwyth?
She had to cancel an official opening of a building 'cause some students were protesting that the University were spending more on welcoming the Queen rather than keeping departments open (students eh?).
I was protesting. Shouting away, when I and a few friends (as students do) noticed tourists coming to sit in an adjacent piece of land, quite free from police interference. We saunter over, and sit down quietly. We had a furled banner with us. A few coppers notice us - and come bounding over.
"We need you to move back to the protesters."
"we're not protesting."
"What about that banner?"
At this point my friend left with the banner and went back to the protesters, leaving me there, sitting quietly - doing nothing.
"And you sir."
"Why? I'm not protesting."
"You're a protester Sir."
"I'm a tourist, come to see the queen."
"Are you going to move, sir?"
"I don't think you've given me a reason to."
"Right. I'm arresting you for breach of the peace."
(Thu 8th Jan 2004, 18:50, More)
Do any of you remember the Queen coming to Aberystwyth?
She had to cancel an official opening of a building 'cause some students were protesting that the University were spending more on welcoming the Queen rather than keeping departments open (students eh?).
I was protesting. Shouting away, when I and a few friends (as students do) noticed tourists coming to sit in an adjacent piece of land, quite free from police interference. We saunter over, and sit down quietly. We had a furled banner with us. A few coppers notice us - and come bounding over.
"We need you to move back to the protesters."
"we're not protesting."
"What about that banner?"
At this point my friend left with the banner and went back to the protesters, leaving me there, sitting quietly - doing nothing.
"And you sir."
"Why? I'm not protesting."
"You're a protester Sir."
"I'm a tourist, come to see the queen."
"Are you going to move, sir?"
"I don't think you've given me a reason to."
"Right. I'm arresting you for breach of the peace."
(Thu 8th Jan 2004, 18:50, More)
» Worst Record Ever
Has to be...
"The very best of David Hasselhoff"...
pick a song, any song. honestly.
If any of these songs were out in 1939 - they would have stopped hitler straight. no questions asked.
The reviews can't be wrong...
(Tue 2nd Dec 2003, 17:34, More)
Has to be...
"The very best of David Hasselhoff"...
pick a song, any song. honestly.
If any of these songs were out in 1939 - they would have stopped hitler straight. no questions asked.
The reviews can't be wrong...
(Tue 2nd Dec 2003, 17:34, More)
» Rubbish Towns
Baku, Azerbaijan
Oil and wealth on one side of the street to rival anything you've seen. Blood, violence and desperation on the other, where a dollar would have kept a family for a week, comfortably.
Little girls sent out to be tour guides for tourists, keeping what little money they managed to get for lord knows who.
I felt guilty just being there.
Life-changing.
(Mon 2nd Nov 2009, 20:38, More)
Baku, Azerbaijan
Oil and wealth on one side of the street to rival anything you've seen. Blood, violence and desperation on the other, where a dollar would have kept a family for a week, comfortably.
Little girls sent out to be tour guides for tourists, keeping what little money they managed to get for lord knows who.
I felt guilty just being there.
Life-changing.
(Mon 2nd Nov 2009, 20:38, More)
» Dad Jokes
Every Sunday Lunch...
I get the obligatory:
"Do you want some food to go with your gravy?".
Hilarious.
It's made worse by the fact that he keeps making the joke about 10 times throughout the meal with different combinations of food item/person ensuring that misery is liberally distributed throughout the house :\
Thanks for everything Dad, but the leave the jokes out will you? Ta. ;)
(Wed 10th Dec 2003, 12:19, More)
Every Sunday Lunch...
I get the obligatory:
"Do you want some food to go with your gravy?".
Hilarious.
It's made worse by the fact that he keeps making the joke about 10 times throughout the meal with different combinations of food item/person ensuring that misery is liberally distributed throughout the house :\
Thanks for everything Dad, but the leave the jokes out will you? Ta. ;)
(Wed 10th Dec 2003, 12:19, More)