Either rain properly or don’t rain at all! This half-hearted pathetic wimpy rain pisses me off!
And I fucking hate seaguls too! I swear those bastards are trying to piss me off! They know I know their arse can unload at any time, so they soar directly above me, and even change direction in order to fly over me. Today you fucking goat felchers actually caused me to look like a mental patient in front of a good few strangers! How the fuck are they supposed to know why I said “fuck off” while dodging apparently nothing, with my hood up, in glorious sunshine?!
Oh, and American Magazines! I happen to LOATHE adverts. So what do you do? You put the fucking contents on some random page in the middle instead of at the beginning where any sensible contents pages hang out. You force me to wade through page after torturous page of ads for shite I never want.
Drunk people! Listen to yourselves for fucks sake! control your volume, walk in a straight line! and please, please choose a more private place to piss than the middle of the fucking shopping street!
Oh and my fucking new coat! Expensive and ‘gore-tex’ don’t mean ‘coat that won’t piss lobsang off’. You fucking slip/slither/slime your way to the edges of my shoulders, and before I know it you are off! Your flimziness causes you to flail in a way that, when I’ve got my hands in your pockets, it looks like I am flashing people. And your hood is fucking inadequate! It may have a ridgid rim, and you may be an ‘extra large’ coat. But you don’t fucking protect my face from the fucking manx rain!
Ahh. I feel better now.
Manx rain is not much different to the rain back here in England, Lobsang. And I understand your anger about it because the rain in Nottingham has been driving me apeshit all week. It pisses down for 5 minutes, then you get 10 minutes of sun followed by half an hour of drizzle.
Seeing as you hate seagulls, how wise do you think it was to move to a small island in the middle of the Irish sea? You’re gonna be surrounded by the bastards.
I agree with you about magazines - Although you must admit that American mags are not the only ones guilty of that sin; British computer mags often do it too. My main gripe with them would be the practice of having an article split up. Y’know, run for 4 pages and then finish at the end of the mag. Pisses me off, that does.
I don’t think drunk people will be listening to your instructions. You should tell them that when they’re sober. Of course, you can’t expect them to remember what you said once they have a few pints in 'em.
All I can suggest about your coat is that you:
A: Buy yourself a new one.
B: Make up for the lack of Manx rainproofing by getting yersen an umbrella.
Yeah, I am thinking of getting an umbrella, I am old enough now (somehow it didn’t seem right to own an umbrella as a teenager)
I didn’t hate seaguls until I moved here. I had to move here to find out. It’s mainly a fear of being shat on. I have seen it happen to a friend. And it is not a pretty site.
I just remembered what else I hate about magazines - the shitload of paper-spam in them! And those card pages that make ‘flicking’ completely impossible, and the fact that only about 10% of the pages in computer magazines have page numbers on them, so it’s fucking impossible to find anything.
The rain is being particularly annoying
Every single time i get in my car to go out, the sun is shining. Soon as I park up…it fucking pisses it down! ARRGGH! THREE FUCKING DAYS IN A ROW!
It’s just not fair.
On the other hand, I’m ok with the seagulls. Bin here about 14 years now and I’m still shit-free (for now)
It’s the bloody horse trams that do it for me. The traffic along the prom backs up behind em and you can practically walk faster than them things.
The Horse trams! don’t get me started!
Every single time I see one it’s going the other way! (so I can’t hitch a ride on one)
I am cursed with not having a car. The rain always starts for me about halfway through town. So I am garaunteed to get wet before I get to work.
Oh and hi fellow Manx person! (although I am not strictly ‘manx’, it’s still cool to meet one here)
Reminds me of those videos of old films about the isle of man. In one of them some canadian guy sarcasticaly remarks that Manx people think the smell of rotting seaweed is actually ‘fresh sea air’ and is good for them. (or something like that)
Me too. I bet we’ve already seen each other in the street a few times.
In fact, knowing my luck, you are my boss at work or something. (not that the prospect of you being my boss is a bad thing. Just that I have said a number of not too nice things about my boss on these here boards in the past)
I’ve always been a martial arts ‘fan’ (I like watching people perform it. My heros are the likes of Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Samo Hung, Yeun Baio, I love all their early movies) but never attended any lessons (I wish I had though).
yeah i think there’s aikido somewhere, not what I do though, I’m at the IOM martial arts academy where we do a whole bunch of stuff (aikido-style techniques included).
I agree that the early martial arts flicks totally kick ass…have you seen Dragon’s Forever? Quality film with all 3 of them in:)
I am pretty sure I have seen dragons forever. (the name is very familiar. remind me, what is the plot?). I actually became a fan through a friend of mine. I particularly like the ‘Police Story’ films. I haven’t seen one for a long time. (as moving to the Isle of Man meant leaving the friend who had all the videos)
Only seen Police Story 1 but yeah, I heard the rest are just as good.
The plot to Dragons eludes me it’s been a while…something to do with JC,SH and LB being crimefighters of a sort, there is of course a girl involved at some point but beyond that I dunno.
Another good one is Wheels on Meals, some great stuff in there plus an appearance by Benny the Jet which is always fun.
Martial Arts fanatic here.
You know the shop ‘Fusion’ on strand street near Topshop? Full of Martial Artists…
I am off to bed. (and you should be too, 3:30am!) ‘Fusion’ rings a bell. I will look out for it when I walk to work today (yes I work most sundays)
It’s been cool meeting you. take care. Keep an eye out for a guy who is slightly overweight and is trying to avoid seaguls.
