Forgive me readers, for I've been a bad boy. It's been some days since my last post. As usual, the social life, family, work and borrowing the first two series DVDs of 'Blackbooks' got in the way of blogging.
Thankfully, the Pig's foreign correspondent took up the slack.
Flute had an attack of 'What's the meaning of life, the universe and everything' a couple of days ago. These attacks are not unusual at the Sty. It would be nice to be able to write as well as CL, have Flute's sense of humour, and have the following of Tim at Surfdom.
I'm resigned to blog in obscurity.
To be a popular blogger, apart from being able to write well, it helps to be a student, academic or a journalist. Time is less of an issue when you can mix blogging with the day job.
Being an engineering type is a definite disadvantage. Many tech heads, myself included, find writing difficult. Engineering companies have servers full of document templates to assist a workforce that finds maths easy and can visualise in three dimensions, but can't write to save themselves.
The engineering maxim when writing technical documents is "When in doubt, plagiarise." Shocking, yes, but remember that the important thing in these documents are the numbers, not the prose.
Anyway, enough of the naval gazing. Regular transmission will resume shortly.
Lot of this winging and moaning going on about the place. Makes me feel obliged to leave a comment.
Oh, and who said Flutey had a sense of humour?
Pathetic, isn't it?
I just said that about the Flute to make him feel better! ;)
See what happens, you let a chink of truth show and the bastards stick the knife in.
I was going to say your's is one of the better blogs going around, but you can jam it now.
Aww, Flutey!
You've got to have a thick skin in this business, or the Bunyips of this world will have you for breakfast.
Yep, as I said tony, he's a real crack-up that Flutey, by gees.
btw, you haven't seen Zoe around these parts perchance?
I think Flute's a riot, meself.
She's right below you, Chris.
And don't be too hard on the Flute .... it's just that he's into tinned conserves.
Hi Zoe, we have much to discuss. Yeah, the Flutester is a talent, which is why I feel bound to give him a hard time.
But tinned conserves ... actually, what is a tinned conserve?
tony, you mean 'beneath'.
Canned jam.
To paraphrase the great PJK:
" I go out for a piss and they pull this one on me. Well that's the last time I leave you lot alone. From now on, I'm sticking to you lot like shit to a blanket"
Shit, quotes like that make me yearn for the good old days. Now we have to put up with "hoax the folks" from our treasurer. Mmm there may be a blog item in that.
No-one eats canned jam Flutey, I mean, really.
jam is also a verb, which in light of the resounding praise that has been bestowed upon me I am happy to consider retracting in the fullness of time.
Christopher Sheil, we will not have very much to discuss if you carry on about it in that manner.
oooooh ... I always feel as though I have been so told when people use my full name ...
... this could be my mother's fault.
Hmm....
Interesting to see what it takes to get this site lively!!
So it worked then.
You're lucky I don't know your middle name.
(Is it Robin, BTW?)
OK, so it was a descriptor error. What then, dare I ask, is your preferred position, my sensitive dove, my delicate petal, my gentle breeze, my gossamer thread?
(beyond-policy question)
Apologies Tony. We'll sort this out in a comment or thirty. Good point on the religious post, btw.
Do you know what a relief it is to find a man who's not making a category error?
Chris, please feel free to continue your chit chat.
I'm intrigued to see where it's going .....
I think Chris is cut with me because I got drunk and stupid last night.
*sniffles into grimy hanky*
... err, so am I tony!
I doubt that's a gendered characteristic Zoe, although I've no doubt the different gender characteristically make different category (and descriptor) errors.
Oh dear, oh dear ... I replied a moment too soon, forsaking a surprise advantage, alas ...
Zoe, it's not a hanging offence, or I would've been dead long ago!
Zoe, as I missed my chance to advantagize, I'm forced to sympathize.
And look what you've done! We all came over here to cheer up tony in his blogging obscurity, and even he's now sympathizing with you! Next thing we'll have Flutey back over here with his hanky. Where's my discipleinarian?
The good thing about a hanky is its miraculous self cleaning property.
I blame the husbang. He went to the fish shop and accidentally brought home a 3 kg red emporer, requiring a spontaneous dinner party which led to too much wine.
MUST.NOT.TURN.ON.COMPUTER.IN.CUPS.AFTER.GUESTS.LEAVE.
At least I didn't call any of you a "graceless turd".
Flute, you is a weird monkey. And Chris, your discipleinarian shall return after some brain cells have regenerated.
Looks like we're just about done tony. Thanks for a fun thread - and remember, we'll be watching! Cheers.
It posed more questions than it answered ....
Thanks to you all for doubling my comment count, and for the support. It's nice to know someone's out there reading the stuff.