tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7896529.post3310602255759645485..comments2023-10-21T09:15:42.314+00:00Comments on Mental excrement: It's coming, I swearMoominmamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11750304448922417139noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7896529.post-68105929483091841222007-07-25T13:46:00.000+00:002007-07-25T13:46:00.000+00:00lorna: fortunately karmic ration of thoughtfullnes...lorna: fortunately karmic ration of thoughtfullness:doofusness doesn't appear to be 1:1. I'd say at the moment it's about 300:1, and I can live with that. (Not only does he make tea, he went out and bought some herbal teas for me to keep in his kitchen because I don't drink caffeine in the evening. 2 points!)<BR/><BR/>llewtrah: isn't that why women exist in the first place, to compensate for the doofusness of mankind?<BR/><BR/>farty: i don't have a telly and i've never seen dr. who, but that's probably just as well so i don't clue in to his secret identity. i won't let on that you tipped me off. ;-pMoominmamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11750304448922417139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7896529.post-79786328202513572102007-07-24T20:30:00.000+00:002007-07-24T20:30:00.000+00:00Let's examine the evidence...Clearly capable of ti...Let's examine the evidence...<BR/><BR/>Clearly capable of time travel.<BR/>A terrific bowler.<BR/>Not too good at human relationships.<BR/>Can travel from London to Bristol without going through Chippenham.<BR/>Looks hot in a pin-stripe suit.<BR/><BR/>You're dating Dr Who, right?Mr Fartyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09181992797303553788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7896529.post-82792751848868697682007-07-24T11:40:00.000+00:002007-07-24T11:40:00.000+00:00Isn't that why he has you? To compensate for his ...Isn't that why he has you? To compensate for his doofusness?llewtrahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06056744147599140057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7896529.post-69626908443529581332007-07-24T09:38:00.000+00:002007-07-24T09:38:00.000+00:00Maybe it's some sort of karmic balance thing - for...Maybe it's some sort of karmic balance thing - for every wonderful act there has to be an opposing bit of doofusness? The other day I had heatstroke due to the insane temperatures over here, and YM cared solicitously for me for hours: cold flannels on head, bottles of water, cool baths run, that sort of thing. However, before he starts sounding like a paragon of virtue, I should point out that this is balanced by his occasional crapness about small things at home. The time he offered (for the first and so far only time in the new home) to make me a cup of tea is a case in point. After 15 tealess minutes, I came into the kitchen to find a teabag floating in a cup of cooling, rather stewed tanniny liquid. No milk, no nothing. 'I thought if I got it this far you could do the rest yourself' he said, apparently perversely proud of his achievement. <BR/><BR/>Let's hear that smut!Lornahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18353688151834899711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7896529.post-24401912210801355462007-07-23T20:59:00.000+00:002007-07-23T20:59:00.000+00:00ziggi: what's so unusual about a mall in bristol?F...ziggi: what's so unusual about a mall in bristol?<BR/><BR/>FN: havn't had the pleausre of that one yet, but i'm sure it's just a matter of time.<BR/><BR/>ZB: <I>I'm</I> thicker than pigpoo? You wanna elaborate on that a bit, buddy?<BR/><BR/>EA: hi, and welcome. nice of you to drop by. I'm sorry this was the first post you've read about the Pirate, because it's the first one where I've really whined about him. In the year that we've been together for every one, gormeless, idiotic thing he's done, he's done a thousand wonderful, beautiful, tender, thoughtful, generous things that show he really is "with it" (as the kids say) and generally paying attention. this cluster of idiocies in such a short time is a freak coincidence. Click "Pirate" on labels bar and read some of the back posts for more detail if you fancy.<BR/><BR/>HC: no, you're not wierd. buying one pillow is bizarre in any circumstance. i even pointed that out to the Pirate when the saleslady said they only had two of that model pillow left on sale. When he picked up one the first tactic i tried was to tell him that the store would be annoyed because no one ever buys just one pillow. He was surprised by this information.<BR/><BR/>geosomin: i always get firm ones because every (feather) pillow softens with time, so you get more life out of them if you start with stiffer stuffer.<BR/><BR/>frobi: i've told him he's welcome to but he has no interest. i don't think he's reading it w/o telling me; he's not that kind of deceitful person. he doesn't have internet at home, and is too busy at work to bother. it's possible he's reading it, but unlikely, and i'm not bothered if he is. i don't write anything here that he doesn't already know. his only request is that i keep it totally anonymous and make sure his name doesn't appear anywhere, for security purposes.<BR/><BR/>UCC: influence? wow. who knew. i'm glad some small good (other than just giving me a place to vent) has come of this.<BR/><BR/>GSE: yes, i have. quite casually, because i don't want to blow it out of proportion, and in a very matter-of-fact kind of way. i didn't want to get all emotional or weepy or throw hysterics or anything. and he said that upon further reflection he had indeed been a bit gormless. i really don't think it's indicative of the relationship. he hasn't been distant or withdrawn from me in any way, and in a couple ways this past weekend was much more intimated (not in a physical way) than usual. and we're planning a holiday in scotland (our first holiday) in august, which was his idea. so no, i don't think he was trying to hint anything. i really do think he was just being a bit of dipshit for a few moments.Moominmamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11750304448922417139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7896529.post-63137277349089148082007-07-23T14:50:00.000+00:002007-07-23T14:50:00.000+00:00dude...Have you discussed the pillow incident with...dude...<BR/><BR/>Have you discussed the pillow incident with the Pirate since? I'd want to be very certain that it came from him being a doofus rather than his view of how the relationship is going.GreatSheElephanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06589100964804729527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7896529.post-38584101906314218852007-07-22T22:29:00.000+00:002007-07-22T22:29:00.000+00:00I was telling my other half about this blog and th...I was telling my other half about this blog and the pillow story, which led to a long discussion on men's minds being in the up and locked position. It impressed on his mind so much that later today, while he was browsing through outdoor equipment catalogues (and drooling over tents) looking for things to spend his recent bonus on, he asked me whether I needed anything campingwise and suggested I get a new, longer, thicker thermarest mat (to the tune of £75!) I didn't think I needed one but the one I have IS too short and not quite warm enough. He eventually talked me into it and returned to his catalogue with a "there's your pillow". I didn;t get what he meant until he added "it's a metaphor"<BR/><BR/>Don't underestimate the influence of your blog. Mentioning that one little anecdote of yours has my chap on his best behaviour and on full alert for numpty-ish behaviour now. I even got a £75 thermarest out of the incident!Burgundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08868226301755852892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7896529.post-74971788500945434832007-07-22T19:37:00.000+00:002007-07-22T19:37:00.000+00:00Err . . . does he read this blog?Err . . . does he read this blog?Frobisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139984461096994586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7896529.post-41755602876991534892007-07-21T18:18:00.000+00:002007-07-21T18:18:00.000+00:00No surprise about the pillows.My luv and I jsut di...No surprise about the pillows.<BR/>My luv and I jsut did the pillow splurge ourselves...mostly as I'd put in extra time at work and had always wanted to splurge on an uberpillow. Being kind I said I'd get him one too (it hadn't occured to him to get him one too).<BR/>Luv moped about being in the store with all the people, not wanting to bother with picking them and said whatever you'd like is fine I'm sure. So I wandered about here and there hugging pillows and picked out what I thought was biggest fluffiest medium pillow. I slept like a queen last night...and today after work I am stoppingby the store and returning his for a softer one.<BR/>*sigh*<BR/>Wimp. :)Geosominhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15729167937433295927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7896529.post-90191463564225959382007-07-21T12:03:00.000+00:002007-07-21T12:03:00.000+00:00No. you weren't over reacting. You under reacted.....No. you weren't over reacting. You under reacted...Me, I would have created such a scene in John Lewis's that he'd have suffocated himself with the aforementioned pillow (Or possibly I'd have suffocated him with the pillow. Then and there). <BR/><BR/>But I have to ask this - is it only me who thinks it's weird to buy one pillow at a time anyway?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7896529.post-58205507842523748852007-07-21T10:02:00.000+00:002007-07-21T10:02:00.000+00:00With regards to (2), your father was wrong. What h...With regards to (2), your father was wrong. What he ought to have said was, "...but *some* men are like that." There are some of us who like to think that we maintain a pretty high level of astuteness, especially with the women in our lives.<BR/><BR/>You refer to your friend as the pirate. Having read this post, I can't help but conclude that there's an unnecessary 'i' and 'e' in his pen name...<BR/><BR/>~EAEasily Arousedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13525087301055054072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7896529.post-61342140725686933312007-07-20T22:00:00.000+00:002007-07-20T22:00:00.000+00:00So I said, rather tactfully, that maybe I should b...So I said, rather tactfully, that maybe I should buy one of the cheap ones (since I can't afford to blow £35 on a pillow, even if I thought that was a good idea) so that I would have someplace to lay my head when I stayed over. I thought this would clue him in to the fact that he really needed to buy 2 pillows. Did it fuck.<BR/><BR/><BR/>And you're surprised. For an intelligent woman, you're thicker than pigpoo sometimes.ZBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14267794336781072001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7896529.post-34393286843931338072007-07-20T19:03:00.000+00:002007-07-20T19:03:00.000+00:00yup.yup, yup yup.I could write a miniseries. my fa...yup.<BR/>yup, yup yup.<BR/>I could write a miniseries. <BR/>my fave is when they start babbling cluelessly and you nudge them under the table so they don't keep on shoving that foot down the ol' esophagus and they look at you all astonished and yelp' WHUDJA KICK ME FOR?'<BR/><BR/>one weeps.FirstNationshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13387748372500478809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7896529.post-69508931490135315552007-07-20T16:57:00.000+00:002007-07-20T16:57:00.000+00:00a mall? in Bristol?Really?I think you should hit h...a mall? in Bristol?<BR/>Really?<BR/>I think you should hit him with the pillow - put a brick in it first tho!Zighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14325808421083028026noreply@blogger.com