Day of reckoning: Who is going to speak to the landlady? We agreed to each pick a breadstick, whoever got the short breadstick (we didn’t have straws) contacts the landlady to ask why she’s visiting while we’re out.
Weather: bit nippy
Mood: foul
Word of the day: Jigamaree – a thingamajig; a cunning manoeuvre
Yep. I fucking lost. I thought I had method – I thought the wobbly breadstick was the short one, so I avoided that one. But now I’m thinking Jinjing also had method, and she made the long breadsticks wobble to catch out smart arses like me.
In other news: At work the shorts competition (who can wear shorts from now until winter) is getting tense between Dan and Mike. I was going to work with Dan out in a garden and Mike pulled me aside before I left.
‘It’s cold this morning, make sure that Dan doesn’t change into trousers while he’s out, won’t you?’
‘How would he even do that?’
‘Just make sure, I’m trusting you,’ said Mike.
‘But I don’t care,’ I tried to explain.
Half an hour later I was digging up some ground elder, when Mike called my phone, ‘Is Dan still wearing shorts?’
‘I don’t know, he’s on the other side of the garden,’ I said.
‘Go and check! Go and check! He might have changed!’
‘But I still don’t care,’ I said. Mike wasn’t listening. He wouldn’t get off the phone until I’d made sure Dan was still wearing shorts.
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some people need a life.
What’s the prize?
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The prize is knowing you’re a true winner!
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Thar ya go!!
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Damn, hardlines on losing the draw. I would have thought Jinjing would have been ready for a dust up with the land lady.
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Yes, I was hoping for that too. I think she’s scared of getting kicked out, (as am I!)
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Had a colleague whose choice wasn’t shorts. Instead he would see how far into a Canadian winter he could go with wearing sandals without socks. Even at -20 C and blowing snow he would persevere
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Erk! I want him at my work, he’d put my colleagues to shame 😀
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Breadsticks? Shoulda been cheese straws! I think that should be a thing, ‘drawing the short cheese straw’, I’m almost tempted to keep a packet in the store cupboard for just such an occasion except I know they would all be gone within an hour. Yep, stick to breadsticks…
Anyway, bad luck. As well as the short breadstick you were lumbered with checking for shorts.
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I like the cheese straw idea, but I now have an image of everyone picking a straw only to find they’ve all been nibbled down to stumps and we all lose. Maybe then we’d *all* have to call the landlady – I like this idea!
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Rotten luck, hope she offers to pay for a new laptop xx
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That would be great, but it might involve more gumption than I have!
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Best of luck with land lady! Tell Mike to put a GPS on Mike’s shorts to ensure they are moving at human pace, and spare you!
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Shorts GPS?? This idea is brilliant! And thank you for the good luck. I’m still hoping for sudden inspiration on what to say, I’ll figure it out eventually 🙂
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“Half an hour later I was digging up some ground elder…” Loved that.
p.s. Email the landlady. It’s the only way.
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Glad you liked it! I see the logic using email, although the phone can be good for picking up on reactions. People are so complicated!
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