CALLING ALL BEER WENCHES

CALLING ALL BEER WENCHES

An advertisement placed on NZ website - Trade Me, for a midget or large chested woman has caused quite a stir. The men who placed the ad, were searching for a beer wench to fetch them cold drinks while they attended the Rugby World Sevens in Wellington. The successful applicant would have to wear an outfit picked out by the men and be paid in cuddles and shoulder lifts. The site received eleven applications before it was removed because of complaints.

Now, where did I put my CV? NOT

COURT UPDATE

The court ruled in my favour, woohoo! I knew I was in the right all along but it's nice to see it in writing. Also, this means I'll get my $250 excess back. The other driver has to pay my insurance company for damages and the Judge said I could not have avoided the accident and was not contributory negligent. I say again...WOOHOO! What a relief to have that sorted.

SPEAKING OF DRIVING...

The average person spends 2 weeks of their life waiting for a traffic light to change.

BOOKS READ THIS MONTH

1 The Dark Tower - The Drawing Of The Three - Stephen King

Oh bugga, I guess this should be titled BOOK read this month. Better luck next month KB.

IN OTHER NEWS

I went to the supermarket to purchase some Kiwi Fruit but the only ones I could find were grown in Italy. WTF? For those who don't know, Kiwi is a slang term for New Zealander and I live in NZ. You'd think it would be easy to find a home grown Kiwi Fruit.

Bye for now.

BEEN THERE, DONE THAT...NEVER AGAIN, I HOPE

I went to court for the first time yesterday. Steve and I set off early because neither of us knew what the parking situation would be like. Basically, there wasn't any! There's this huge new building with about 20 car parks. Luckily, we found a park over at the shopping centre and headed off to court.

I felt very intimidated while I was there. I've never seen so many guards in one place. Both Steve and I felt overdresses in our 'good clothes'. Most of the public there were dressed in shorts and jandals (thongs, flip flops). I felt really out of place as most of the other people there were Maori or Islanders.

As most of you are aware I have suffered from panic attacks in the past. I didn't feel too bad considering I had to wait for a while in a crowded area with a lack of fresh air. I was hanging on to my bag for dear life (my over active imagination tellin me I was probably in the presence or murders, rapists and thieves). I'm really glad Steve was with me, I wouldn't have wanted to be there alone.

The thing that unnerved me the most was how comfortable everyone else looked. Like they hung out there everyday. They was a family of children sitting across from me. The eldest (who looked like she needed babysitting herself), playing cards with her sisters and appearing as happy as if she were sitting in her front room.

The hearing wasn't too bad. There was myself, Steve, the other driver, a representative from my insurance company and the judge. My heart felt like it was going to jump out of my chest when I had to explain the events in my words but I calmed down after that. The judge will make his decision and advise us within the week. All that worrying and laying awake at night for something that lasted no more than 15 mins.

I'm happy it's over and done with and I managed to get through it OK. And as Mum said, this time last year, I was feeling so anxious, I probably would have ran out the door.

I don't have much else to report this week. I had my hair chopped off earlier in the week. Feels good to have all that straw ( I mean hair) off my neck in this hot weather.

That's all folks!

FLASH 55

He perused his bookshelf, hoping to distract his mind. He'd always been healthy so why was death continuously in his thoughts? He poured a glass of red to calm his nerves. The shrilling phone startled him .Phew, the hospital had given him the all clear. Time to move his coffin to a less conspicuous place?

An inventor from New Zealand has come up with an original idea for a coffin/book case/wine rack . Buying a coffin before death would be one less thing for loved ones to worry about and getting some use out of it before death would be an added bonus.

I think it's a great idea but being reminded of my death on a daily basis isn't really my cup of tea. I'd have to put mine out of sight.

Flash Fiction - Each Friday, I compose a short story of 55 words - no more, no less. If you would like to join in the fun and games... post your story and report to the boss -G-MAN. If you're not interested in contributing a story, feel free to read the other entries. I'm sure any comments you have would be appreciated.Happy reading and writing!

UP YOUR SICKIE

QUOTE OF THE DAY

I like to work, but it's not always possible with my hectic sleep schedule.

-Anon

UP YOUR SICKIE

There's a debate going on in NZ at the moment as to whether public holidays which fall on a weekend should be reassigned to the following Monday instead. We have two holidays this year which many of the working population will miss out on as they fall on the weekend. The solution to this for many people is to call in sick or as we say in NZ - pull a sickie.

Australia is apparently having a similar problem . Today the country celebrates 'Australia Day' (bet it took ages to come up with that name). Yesterday, it was expected that over 500,000 Australians would pull a sickie to have a long weeked.

I reckon if the public holidays were changed to Mondays, many people would take the Friday off as well so I'm not sure changing the holidays would make much difference really. It doesn't matter either way in our household as Steve has to work public holidays anyway. Every time we hear about it on the news we turn to each other and say, "What the f##ck is a public holiday?" Hehe

Speaking of sickies...


This research was carried out by Viva entertainment channel to mark the launch of 'Up Your Sickie' day.

Top 20 list of those men most likely to call in sick:
1. Andy
2. Steve
3. Paul
4. John
5. Dave
6. Christopher
7. Adam
8. David
9. Mark
10. Richard
11. Tom
12. Ben
13. Ian
14. Alex
15. James
16. Alan
17. Simon
18. Dan
19. Michael
20. Daniel


Names of women most likely to call in sick:
1. Sarah
2. Becky
3. Anne
4. Emma
5. Debbie
6. Katie
7. Amy
8. Catherine
9. Jane
10. Nicola
11. Lisa
12. Julia
13. Linda
14. Anna
15. Michelle
16. Andrea
17. Louise
18. Samantha
19. Fiona
20. Lucy

I do believe I see your name up there Mr Snake!

Follow the link below for my contribution to this week's COT. I'll apologise in advance as it's naughty. Actually, I'll just blame Steve, he's a bad influence on me.

http://kbandwhitesnakeshome.blogspot.com/2010/01/carry-on-tuesday.html

MICROFICTION MONDAY

Here's this week's picture and my story to go along with it:





“Did you take my sweater again Ann?” asked Betty.

She looked up but wished she hadn't. Ann really needed to borrow some underwear.




There's a link to MM on my sidebar. Please feel free to join in.

SUNDAY SCRIBBLINGS - YES

The prompt from sunday Scribblings this week is Yes.


In the past, I've said yes too often. It was easier to say yes than to voice my opinions. After years of doing the right thing, doing what was expected of me and going along with others wishes to please them, I decided it was time to speak up. It was hard to do and I noticed that some people around me weren't supportive, thought my ideas were silly and didn't like the new me. It took me a while to realise that in order to be the person I wanted to be, I would have to make huge changes in my life.

I have gone ahead and made many of those changes over the past four months. I have left my marriage, moved house and started a new relationship. I intend to make many more changes and now have the support to do so.

It's a wonderful feeling to wake up in the morning saying yes to the day rather than hiding under the covers and saying no to life.


There's a link to SS on my sidebar. Feel free to join in the fun and games.

CHECKING IN

Hi all,

Wanted to let you know that all is well. We've settled into our new place nicely. Coco loves having the garden to run around in. The only problem is that she's badly in need of a trim and keeps getting sticks and other unknown bits and pieces stuck in her fur.

I'm still struggling with topics to inspire me to write. I think I have used my blog in the past to connect with you nutters as I know you were good sounding boards. Now that I have someone special to talk to face to face everyday, I don't seem to need to vent on my blog so much. Hope that makes sense.

I'm heading to small claims court next week *sigh*. The guy who crashed into my car a few months back has decided I was the one who went through a red light. I know the accident wasn't my fault, that I followed all the correct procedures by reporting the accident etc but it's the principle of the thing, the fact he is saying I lied which is getting on top me. I just want it to be settled one way or the other.

I'm re-reading The Dark Tower Series (Stephen King) in my spare time. I read 22 books last year, which wasn't bad considering the crappy year I had. I have a whole stash of books I'm hoping to get through this year.

I won't go on and on about Steve but I will say...we're very happy and leave it at that for now.

Right, it's Idol time for me... *prepares to enter reality TV coma*

Later
XXX

P.S. The comment from Marja reminded me that I got my first bad sunburn of the summer this week. Ouch. I'm usually very careful with my skin as I tend to go pink and peel but I was enjoying some good company, yummy food and a tasty chardonnay at the time. Luckily, I had a good nurse to look after me (hehe) and I'm fine now. Unfortunately, the weather has turned and it's been raining ever since. Where did the summer go?