Tuesday, January 24, 2006

IT'S THOSE LITTLE THINGS.......

.........That can really piss on my battery. For example, the Glade 3-in-1 Scented Candles. I buy them regularly & every time I light one, I really hope that this time, it will burn like it's s'posed to & not leave at least 30mm of unused wax at the base, because the wick is too bloody short.

Taxi drivers in Abu Dhabi deserve daily/weekly/monthly awards as to who can irritate the crap out of their 'fare'. I had one bloke who stopped short of completing his morning ablusions from the driving seat. He fairly hummed of stale urine (yuk) & at every available stoppage in the traffic, proceeded to clean his ears with a manky pen, pick his nose (& examine the contents eeewwww), comb his hair & hock a lurgy (coff up phlegm) which he rolled around & finally flobbed out of his window. I didn't give him a tip & I felt like I needed to go thru some kinda sterilisation process to rid me of the feeling of a cloud of mange which seemed to engulf me! (I've wondered several times what my punishment would've been if I'd given this oke a lekker snot klap on the back of his greasy kop & cried "sies man!")

The censorship laws of the Middle East piss on my battery. Many websites related to some prominent comedians seem to be forbidden. Methinks having a sense of humour is not allowed? I did a search once, whilst living in Riyadh, for a particular plant. It was a creeper & I only knew its common name, which was a Golden Shower. I can't remember how many links came up on the search, but can remember that every single one of them was 'forbidden'. This confused me, cos I was only looking for a plant! I eventually learnt that 'golden shower' was a pornographic term! (Grandma told me the botanical name; pyrostegia venusta :-)
Even the www.sundaytimes.co.za site comes with a censorship warning......figure that one out?!
Something hubby brought up the other day; if the Middle East can block certain internet sites, why are child pornography sites allowed in the western world? Governments have the ability to totally block or remove them, but they don't. So WHY is that I wonder?


Somminc that really winds me up (which makes it a big,rather than 'little' thing!) is an expat gaaning on & on about their adopted countries. I heard it so many times in SA, particularly from English immigrants who did nothing but bitch & moan about how terrible SA was & how wonderful England was. They made the sad mistake that I was of the same opinion, simply because I have the misfortune to have a (nearly Cockney) accent. Wrong!! My normal response to such bleating is "Sod off back then, if it's so good there!" If England is so bloody wonderful, why is it so many people leave for 'greener pastures'?

Climbing off her soap box...........................she continues......................

Packets & cartons with tab openings that state "pull here to open", so you pull & the little tab comes off in your hand & the packet/carton remains firmly sealed..............................

People who don't put their cigarettes out properly..................or jump queues or load their plates with food at a 'buffet' restaurant & then leave half of it.......................or unruly children...............or 'customer service' employees with major attitude..................or being put on hold on an important phone call & then getting cut off...................or teabags that split just after you've poured boiling water on them....................

Oh my nerves (doll) the list goes on! Feel free to add to it at any time.................

Bugger! The soddin' candle has burnt out & there's still half an inch of wax left at least...........................
Posted by Jayne :: 10:28 :: 1 Had Somminc To Say

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