My hair has grown a bit recently… mainly due to me being too lazy to get it cut.

Didn’t realise just how much tho until I scrolled back a few posts and saw the last pic of me published on here was of me meeting the hoff

compared with now..

That little bit of red just got big!

[click the thumbnails to view the pics]

Something occurred to me the other day.

I’ve had 3 long term girlfriends:

Was with Sarah for 4 years, within a year of splitting up, she fell pregnant and bought a house with the dad.

Was with Jane for a year, within a year of splitting up, she got married and bought a house together.

Was with Claire for 4 years, within a year of splitting up, she fell pregnant and moved in with the dad.

What occurred to me was:  I must be doing something that makes the next guy to come along seem, by comparison, like the kind of person you’d want to spend the rest of your life with.

[sigh]

Altho maybe there’s business potential in there.  Hire me to hang out with the girl you like, then you come along and she falls instantly in love.

Only $79 an hour.  True Love never came so cheap!

Anyone who’s heard me rant about it will know just how much I dislike [hate] Peter Crouch.  He is inept and it’s an embarrassment that he’s a Liverpool player.

However this isn’t another rant from me, just something I saw on the Liverpool website which I thought was funny.

Ex England manager Bobby Robson was asked to comment on just how great the Liverpool team was, he was full of praise for all the players.. but see if you can spot the one player he couldn’t think of a single good thing to say about:

Bobby Robson wrote:

“…

In the middle of the pitch, we find Steven Gerrard, a magnificent player of the highest level. They have a Spanish player who is excellent - Xabi Alonso. He is among the best. He knows how to control the play and has a great pass on him.

“They have the striker Peter Crouch, who is English. I won’t forget Craig Bellamy ... He is very, very fast, and very dangerous. There is also the Dutchman, Dirk Kuyt, who is a good player with a lot of quality.”

heheh, “Peter Crouch.. who is English” high praise indeed!

If you’re gonna get sacked, you might as well do it in style..

(the vagueness of this post is for ongoing legal reasons, and the need not to have anything too specific which could be googled by the people involved!)

A good friend of mine worked in a call centre of a well known satellite tv company.  After a particularly rude customer was.. particularly rude, my friend edited the computer system to change the customers first name to ‘Spaghetti’.

This wasn’t noticed until the customer received her copy of the company’s monthly magazine, address to ‘Mrs Spaghetti ******’.

My friend was sacked for gross misconduct, the customer on the other hand was sent cards, flowers, chocolate, and 2 years of free satellite tv!

due respect to [my friend] for a fantastically frivolous way to lose a job!

If only you’d changed my name before you left

My sister got married [in July… I wrote this post ages ago and forgot to post it!].  It was a posh event at Sandihole Farm near Congleton.

I was witness and usher, and had to wear tophat and tails..

My main job as usher was to escort everyone to their seats.  Brides family to the left, grooms to the right.

Also to escort people to the gifts table for them to leave their cards and presents.

Also to be a general source of useful wedding info

I dutifully hung around outside the place for an hour before the wedding, answering questions from the guests like:

guest: hi, where do we leave our gifts?

me: ooh.. erm.. not sure

guest: ooh where is your sister going on her honeymoon

me: ooh.. erm.. not sure

guest: what’s her new surname gonna be?

me: erm.. not sure

guest: where do we sit?

me: on the le.. erm.. or is it the righ.. hang on.. ok yeah just sit there

During the speeches, when the Groom got to the point of thanking me and giving me my gift, at least one table threatened to stand up and protest that i didn’t deserve it!

worst usher, ever!