Advent-ures in boggling, sans cricket

I went to visit my mother today. It happens every now and then, when we are in the same country at the same time. She had a new woman in tow, whose name I accidentally learned, but I suspect this may be more an actual friend than temporary shag, so that information may be worth retaining. (The general rule I have is that I refuse to learn girlfriend names until they have been around for two years. So much brain space has been saved this way!)

Because she lives some distance from a train line, I hopped into a cab. The cab driver was gregarious and explained to me at great length why the life of a taxi driver was one of constant privation and difficulties. He had kids, good kids, who never drank and never did drugs, and he was expected to raise them on a pittance.

'I mean,' he said, 'we work 12-hour shifts and take home maybe $200. And on days when things are quiet, it's $150, which is less than $12 an hour It's awful! What can you do? It's so unfair to honest hard workers like me! '

At this point, his phone rang. He put it onto speaker and answered while continuing to drive.

'Yeah, mate,' said the male voice on the other end. 'That bag you dropped off, I went up and weighed it and it's only 22 grams. Not on!'

'Well have you used any?'

'No, I just took it upstairs and weighed it.'

'Sorry, sorry, leave it done up and I'll come and pick it up. It's the dealer's fault, I'll have a word with my dealer, don't blame me, I'm just the deliverer.'

He hung up, then gave me a watery smile. 'Er, so, you do what you can to get by ...'

I made him drop me at the corner, then called the posh cab company my ride home.

Advent-ures in boggling, sans cricket

I went to visit my mother today. It happens every now and then, when we are in the same country at the same time. She had a new woman in tow, whose name I accidentally learned, but I suspect this may be more an actual friend than temporary shag, so that information may be worth retaining. (The general rule I have is that I refuse to learn girlfriend names until they have been around for two years. So much brain space has been saved this way!)

Because she lives some distance from a train line, I hopped into a cab. The cab driver was gregarious and explained to me at great length why the life of a taxi driver was one of constant privation and difficulties. He had kids, good kids, who never drank and never did drugs, and he was expected to raise them on a pittance.

'I mean,' he said, 'we work 12-hour shifts and take home maybe $200. And on days when things are quiet, it's $150, which is less than $12 an hour It's awful! What can you do? It's so unfair to honest hard workers like me! '

At this point, his phone rang. He put it onto speaker and answered while continuing to drive.

'Yeah, mate,' said the male voice on the other end. 'That bag you dropped off, I went up and weighed it and it's only 22 grams. Not on!'

'Well have you used any?'

'No, I just took it upstairs and weighed it.'

'Sorry, sorry, leave it done up and I'll come and pick it up. It's the dealer's fault, I'll have a word with my dealer, don't blame me, I'm just the deliverer.'

He hung up, then gave me a watery smile. 'Er, so, you do what you can to get by ...'

I made him drop me at the corner, then called the posh cab company my ride home.

I'm not about to change fandoms, but ...

Finally watching S2 Merlin, and the scene where Merlin is hiding under Arthur's bed made me weep with laughter.

Arthur: You're back.
Merlin: I never left.
Arthur: You mean to say ...
Merlin: Yes!
Arthur: You've been under there this whole time?
Merlin: Ye-- No!

This show really is just gratuitous slash jokes and shirtless Bradley James, isn't it? Not that I am complaining, mind.

I'm not about to change fandoms, but ...

Finally watching S2 Merlin, and the scene where Merlin is hiding under Arthur's bed made me weep with laughter.

Arthur: You're back.
Merlin: I never left.
Arthur: You mean to say ...
Merlin: Yes!
Arthur: You've been under there this whole time?
Merlin: Ye-- No!

This show really is just gratuitous slash jokes and shirtless Bradley James, isn't it? Not that I am complaining, mind.