October 2011
6 posts
Boobs
When I wake up, and my brain isn’t working properly yet, I make myself some coffee and toast and put the TV on. It doesn’t matter what’s on, I just need some moving pictures and noises to wake me up. More often than not, though, I watch This Morning.
As I ate my toast, Phil and Holly Willoughby (aka Willy Holloby) were talking to a large group of women about the importance of...
Attack the Block
I saw Joe Cornish’s hoody-alien-comedy, Attack the Block, back when it was in cinemas and thought it was great. I was a little disappointed at first, as I thought it was going to be more of a gag-fest, like Shaun of the Dead. But when I’d come around to the fact that the humour was more subtle and focussed on the quick, clever dialogue, I really enjoyed it.
Something I’ve learnt...
A little anecdote I just remembered.
Six years ago, I worked at Woolworths. I was only there for three months and hated it.
There was one guy who generally worked similar shifts to me, but on a different till. His name was Ignacio, but everybody called him Nacho. He was Spanish, and I still can’t work out if this nickname was racially insensitive. He was a big guy, with a constant dopey look on his face and a limited grasp on...
The King's Speech
I was on the open at work today.
One of the first customers we had was a tall, foreign sounding bloke. He strolled up to my counter in a very cheerful manner for 10am on a Saturday.
‘I bought this copy of The King’s Speech yesterday,’ he said, ‘but it skips in the middle. Can I have a different one?’
I had a quick look at the disc and there were a few marks, so I...
