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Archive for October, 2006

Slice of life

Posted in Life, People, Weekend on October 30, 2006 | 16 Comments »

One of my friends dragged me off to a bar on Saturday afternoon. This was mostly because he had the hots for one of the waitresses.
Now this was not one of your quaint little designer bars where you drink flavoured bottled water and quirky little drinks with unpronounceable names with grimly nice people who avoid [...]

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Lip Service?

Posted in Colleagues, Plonkers, Sex on October 26, 2006 | 14 Comments »

[This post comes with a warning. If you are easily offended/embarrassed by things of a remotely sexual nature†, then click on Next Blog]
There are certain things you just do not want to know about the colleagues you work with. Like what they do in their spare time, the details of the argument they had with [...]

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Can you smell “gullible”?

Posted in Men, Shopping, Stupidity, Women on October 24, 2006 | 11 Comments »

I was entering a department store the other day when I was accosted by one of those girls who promote new perfume launches with sample testers. You know the type… young university student, bright-eyed, beautiful, and perfectly groomed… invariably wearing a distractingly tight sweater. Her perfect smile alone would make a tsunami seem like soft [...]

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Pet peeve, anyone?

Posted in Ponderings, Rants on October 18, 2006 | 7 Comments »

It is so hard keeping up with what is current in this ever-changing world of ours. I always think of myself as being “with it”, but lately I am getting the feeling that my savvy is in serious need of an upgrade.
It seems that almost everyone I talk to these days has a pet peeve. [...]

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Not The Angel of Goodwill

Posted in Greed, Life, Plonkers, Religion on October 10, 2006 | 11 Comments »

I was stopped at a traffic light in Killarney a few nights ago, when I heard someone calling out to me. Now this an area notorious for car-jacking and I quite literally feared for my life, expecting to see a gun pointed at my head.
I turned down the volume on my CD player. A scruffy-looking [...]

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(Over)exposed

Posted in Colleagues, Humour, Laughter, Life, Scandal on October 3, 2006 | 13 Comments »

I’ve been invited to attend attended an informal company gathering at the CEO’s house this weekend.
I am not particularly keen on going, but turning it down seems like career suicide, so I accepted the invitation.
There is something downright sinister about spending a Saturday evening with your work mates. It is not that I have an [...]

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