Area 136

I used to go see this band many many times, and sometimes sober. Well going to see this band was basically time to PARTY!

(but some sod has disabled embedding so you have to do linky go look thing.)

And yes, it is biker pub boogie about riding a...erm....bike....up a hill....

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=9tKO3m_M4dQ

Well we used to enjoy it.

Next weekend I am off to Edinburgh again, doing the “lugging suitcases full of books and clothes” thing for Moff with Shipscook and QueenMab.

She treats us like pack mules I tells ya!

Anyway, the thing is that although Scotland is a part of the UK I still think,

“Better get some money out before I go”

But why? I am still in Britain, it is not as if I need Euros or whatever.

The truth is that as you know, we use different bank notes to Scotland and if you bring any of “theirs” back with you to London quite a lot of places get funny with you if you try using a banknote with a Haggis on it, or whatever it is they have on the notes up there.

It is silly really because no pub, shop or restaurant in Edinburgh has ever baulked at taking any English notes off me. But down here it is all sucked teeth and “sorry we can’t take this”

This leads to that situation you normally only get into on a foreign holiday – on the last day you try to get rid of all the notes you have with you, normally at a bar….

Bloody stupid if you ask me.

Mind you, Mollys (the pub) don’t mind taking them.

1. Is it time to change the name of the "mobile phone" as they are now more than just a phone?
Nope. Mind you, given my attitude toward the thing I think they should be called "Bastards". Then we could use phrases like "I'll give you a bastard call tomorrow"

2. Do you take your mobile phone on holiday with you?
Yes but mainly because if Sarah is not with me I want to contactable in case of emergency. It stays off and I turn it on twice a day to check for texts.

3. If you phone runs out of battery life is it a mishap or the most worst thing that can happen... ever?!
Nope, it is just one of those things. God made rechargers for a reason, and gave us jobs so we could steal free electricity.

4. If they're not playing the latest chart topper then it's some other electronic rubbish so is it wrong to say "I'll give you a ring!" when phones don't actually ring these days?
Of course. That or I'll call you. Of course you should only say these things if you actually intend to do them. Ahem!

5. Complete this sentence "My mobile phone is..."
On the table there, steadfastly not ringing.

Standing in the cold sunlight outside the Weird inc. central London nerve centre just now (on yet another cigarette break) I beheld a fine example of hypocrisy.

A cyclist was trundling down the street and for once this particular rider was in the road and heading in the right direction. He passed a slow moving white van as they both approached the red traffic lights at the top of the road and glanced at the driver.

He did not like what he saw and bellowed –

“OI! Get off your fucking phone and drive the Van properly you idiot!”

Fair enough, it is illegal to use a mobile phone while driving.

But what did this pedalling Evangelist of the Highway Code do on reaching said red traffic lights?

That is right. He sailed right through them without stopping.

Twat!