Ideas of an exhausted invalid
Me: Wouldn’t it be great if you could have the benefits of being ill – reading books and watching TV all day, not having to think about work – without actually having any of the symptoms? All they do is spoil it!
Dad: Yes, Matthew, that’s what’s called a “day off”.
Me: And wouldn’t it be great if you could wrap yourself up warm in a duvet while in the bath? That way you wouldn’t have to worry about the water getting cold!
Mum: Dear, don’t you think you should go to bed?
Me: And that’s another thing! Sleep! Sleep is so good, but wouldn’t it be great if you could sleep while doing something else, like work? That way you could sleep all day while serving customers and be wide awake in the evening!
Parents: Bed! Now!
Matthew @ 10:16, December 1, 2005 to Diary | Comments (17)
Comments:
Owen
Went into a Dixon’s the other day. I was pretty sure he was sleeping while working…
Comment added at 12:23, December 1, 2005
Owen
The guy who served me that is… I wasn’t personifying the store..
Comment added at 12:25, December 1, 2005
Mr E
What time did this conversation take place?
Comment added at 18:02, December 1, 2005
Sheepie
Bedtime.
Comment added at 18:09, December 1, 2005
Salmon
Matthew, you’re just perpetually ill.
I used to wonder how you’d come up with the most bizarre ideas. (There must be a better way of phrasing that.) Now I think I know… Grin
And I was going to say something similar to Owen, but he got there some six hours before me.
Comment added at 18:10, December 1, 2005
Verity
You have the immune system of a little kitten who hasn’t been eating his Iams.
Comment added at 18:24, December 1, 2005
Matthew
Isn’t that for dogs?
Comment added at 19:32, December 1, 2005
Salmon
Apparently, it’s for dogs and cats. Not the same stuff, obviously, but Iams have a range of both dog ‘food’ and cat ‘food’. (Nods)
I’m still getting used to using brackets instead ot the usual asterisks…
Comment added at 20:02, December 1, 2005
Rory
A bath!
With a duvet!
Holy cow Matthew, you’ve stumbled upon the holy grail!
A bath with a duvet that you sleep in whilst doing fun things (like a crossword puzzle or historical reconstruction or something)!!
Comment added at 21:58, December 1, 2005
Matthew
Salmon: Put a \ before the * and it comes out normal. Does no-one read the documentation? :)
Comment added at 19:30, December 3, 2005
Salmon
Hmm, I apparently can’t spell ‘of’. That’s appalling.
Of course not. Partially because I don’t have a clue where it is. Besides, you know me and computers…
But if you give me a link, I’ll study it assiduously. *Coughs*
I hope this works, else I’ll look a real fool… :)
Comment added at 22:34, December 3, 2005
Sheepie
If you look very carefully at the text directly under the “Post a comment:” header…
Comment added at 12:26, December 4, 2005
Matthew
Mm… the text that everyone is supposed to read but no-one does. It also mentions that email addresses are never displayed, ever, so avoiding spam isn’t an excuse (*cough* Owen *cough*) :)
Comment added at 14:10, December 4, 2005
Mr E
To be fair, it isn’t entirely obvious, before you click the link, that it is going to lead anywhere useful. If it actually said “Documentation” or “How to use Markdown” it might be clearer and would certainly catch the eye more.
Comment added at 16:07, December 4, 2005
Matthew
True, true. I noticed that earlier today. I may change it at some point.
Comment added at 16:20, December 4, 2005
Salmon
i.e. in a few decades.
Comment added at 11:34, December 5, 2005
Matthew
You misunderstand me. That’s my way of stopping comments about it until everyone forgets so I can go ahead and do nothing…
Comment added at 12:09, December 5, 2005
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