Turn it up!

I feel bad about posting this, but it's really funny!

My Grandma came round to my house earlier today for a cup of tea. Now, she's abit death at the best of times, even with her hearing in. I asked her a question, and had to repeat it about 5 times getting louder as I did so. Eventually I got her response which was along the lines of "I can't hear very well you know, especially with that (points to TV) on."

Fair point, except the telly was on mute!!!

Oddly enough, she then answered my question without me having to ask it again.

Over the years my family have delivered some classic accidental one-liners and I wish I had compiled a list of them. One or two would probably only be funny to those present (a case of you had to be there to appreciate it) but most would probably tickle anyones funny bone. That said, my sense of humour strays into crudeness so some might be frowned upon too!!!

Here's one of my all-time favourites.
We're having Christmas dinner at my parents house, and my Dad turns to my wife and asks "do you want stuffing?" Even my Mum cracked up, and every year we try to coax him into accidentally saying it again to someone.

The last bank holiday of the year....gone!

Oh no! No more days off until Christmas!!!! What will I do? Okay, I've only been back at work for a week but I like to have days off to look forward to!

Still, at least it's a four day week - bring it on!

Winners of the "I Look Like My Dog" Contest

Hahahahahahahahahaha etc. Flipping laughed me socks off!!!

http://www.flyaboveall.com/dogs.htm

Sad day

Get the violins out. Its a sad day in our household because the whoopee cushion has died.

Actually that's a big fat lie, but I look forward to the day when I can make such an announcement!

Thomas and his Friends Day & Bressingham Steam Museum

As promised, here's a bit more info on Sunday's trip to see Thomas & Friends. Before I start, I'll apologise for the photo quality - they were taken on my mobile phone.

We went to Bressingham Steam Museum near Diss, Norfolk. Every so often this, and other Steam Museums and Train Stations, will put on a special Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends day, which basically means putting faces on their steam vehicles, playing the theme music, getting someone in to paint faces, making sure the shop is fully stocked with Thomas toys and adding a few quid to the entry fee (cynic, moi?!)

Anyway, the little 'un always enjoys it even after umpteen times, but on this occasion the weather really tried to put a dampener on things. We were quite lucky that it held off until lunchtime and we went to get a bite to eat. As we sat down to eat the heavens opened. It was a deluge. We sat in a covered area outside -this area had a clever roof feature where the rain ran down into a circular pool in the middle of the seating area. With lighter rain this is quite a god feature, but this stuff was monsoon-like! So, the rain was splashing out and anyone sat within a meter of it was gonna get a bit wet. But worse was to come, because the pool was rapidly filling up with water -we didn't hang around long enough to see it flood.

So, after lunch we spent a few minutes checking out the inside displays, which included watching scale model trains going round and round and round and round -if you're 3 years old this is fascinating! The inside displays included some vehicles and sets from Dads Army and Only Fools and Horse. Here's a couple of piccys from the latter.




After we'd spent an hour or so inside we braved the elements and went in search of trains again. At Bressingham there are 4 different short train rides to go on, which is better than most places. There are also carousels and dodgems. All steam powered.

After about 4 hours we're all flagging, and although the rain was finally ceasing and we still had one train ride to do we decided to call it a day. This is where the fun really begins because we went to the shop -it's a real pain trying to remember what Thomas trains my son has!!! Luckily his memory is better than mine so, as a reward for good behaviour, he picked out a couple of trains and was still clutching them as he fell asleep in the car less than 5 minutes later.

I remembered to take a piccy of Thomas and one of his friends. Can you guess which one is which?!

Thomas the Tank Engine

Went to see Thomas & friends today -and the heavens opened -glad I had my pack-a-mac with me!

I'll give a bit more detail tomorrow - got lots to do tonight as I've got a big day tomorrow. I start my new job. Eeeeeeek!

Gurgle gurgle gurgle

That's the noise my tummy is making to accompany the somersaults it is doing.I'm not the boss of it right now: Dinner is charge. And that's not a good thing, because I had dinner 5 hours ago and it's decided to come back and bug me. Think I'd better skip to the loo.

Taking the boy to see Thomas the Tank Engine tomorrow - hope my tummy feels better by then. I might even try and be fancy and post some piccys on here.

Knock Knock

For the past 6 months my son has been trying to tell this joke and can't quite get it right.

A:- Knock Knock
B:- Who's there?
A:- Yah
B:- Yah who
A:- Yahoo - I didn't know you were a cowboy!!!

Okay, to help visualise how this joke gets told here's another one he has tried telling.

A:- Knock Knock who's there?
B:- Er.... Who's there?
A:- Boo Hoo. Aw, no need to cry!

See what I mean.

Added a couple of stories to MaJaTo Scribes

I've added a couple of stories to the MaJaTo Scribes blog. Okay they're not new, in fact they're a few years old now - I hadn't realised how long ago it was when I put my pen down. Must get back into writing again sometime - maybe after the new baby has arrived.

Whoopee (cushion)

My bad.

Whilst searching for something on a shelf I found a whoopee cushion that had been confiscated from my son about 5 months ago.

He was stood right behind me and couldn't help giving it a squeeze.

PAAAAAARP!

Guffaws of childish laughter ensue (from him, not me!)

Anyway, I hand it to him thinking that after 5 minutes the novelty would wear off.Afterall, he is 5 months older.

45 minutes later and I'm still being dragged from my study into the lounge, instructed to sit down and act surprised at the trouser-rippling sound.

Blooming heck- he's here dragging me off again. Gotta go!

Classic! Man Utd 3 Baggies 5

Found this Football clip from late 70's. Albion thrashing United at Old Trafford.
It cheered me up after West Brom lost the opening fixture of the season.

Must....Type.....Something!

Bah! I'm getting bloggers block at the moment and all I can think to write about is my lack of inspiration. Oh well - I'll probably scoot around YouTube for something to post.

In the meantime, if you want to see something funny you might wanna have a look at this page.... Why men shouldn't babysit

Blooming heck!

BLOOMING HECK! Surprise was my first reaction after hearing my son utter this phrase, closely followed by amusement, then by curiosity - where the hecky thump did he here that?

He's not said it for 4 or 5 days so hopefully it was just a passing catchphrasse. It's been replaced by "what's all that about?" Again, I don't know where it came from either.

More than meets the eye...

Transformers: more than meets the eye. Autobots do dah dum de dum do de do to defeat the the evil powrs of the decepticons. Or some thing like that.
Okay, guess who's just been to see this movie then? Yeah baby - Me! And I almost had a heart attack in the car park afterwards when a car revved near me because it looked like that one from the TV ad (you knw, the car that rollerblades or something, I think it's a Citroen of a Peugeot...)
Anyway, it was not as good as I had hoped, but then I kinda got my hopes up for this one, thinking that it would be just like the comics and original cartoons but with cool computer generated graphics. Nonetheless, I enjoyed the film and look forward to the directors cut when he (ghopefully) decides to cut at least 30 mins of fluff and filler from the film.
So.....Here's a little sneak peak of the film! On;y kidding - Enjoy!

Feels weird...

...Posting on a different page. I am so used to going straight to the Total Client Marketing blog and dumping all my tought in one place, so my new blogging structure will take some getting used to.