The Photocopier, 'Re-organisation and Cricket

[humphrey_clarke]

Things really haven’t moved on since Victorian times, I mused as I twisted my hand inside the photocopier, as if I were a vet struggling with a cow's rectum. In the mills and factories of the industrial revolution, small children were often forced to place their limbs inside dangerous machinery in a bit to stop it from clogging. Now, in these

Comments

[matttt]

I hate photocopiers too. The ones in our office seem to delight in pathological lies. They claim that the paper's jammed, so you follow all of the instructions given on their little LCD screens. Only to find that there is not any paper, let alone a paper jam. Once this is learnt, they then claim another fault - perhaps a misaligned toner cartridge or whatever.

Several risked missing fingers later, they actually tell you what's wrong with them so you can fix it and get them going again. I think they just like the attention.

[humphrey_clarke]

In recent weeks the damn photocopier has actually started to obey me. Hopefully this will continue.

The "beautiful game"

[anonymous]

I was sure that the original log was being tongue in cheek in its reference to cricket being boring. On reading it again I have reached the conclusion that Humphrey Clarke was either being deadly serious or was being devil's advocate in order to initiate a long series of follow up logs. I can see how he regards the game as over complicated, but unless he has spent the last 8 weeks on Jupiter I am astounded he finds it boring, unless:-
1/ a win by 2 runs after 4 days play
2/ a drawn match taken to the last wicket and
3/ a run chase which could have been decided either way in the last hour of the match
can be regarded as not worthy of watching.
As to the laughable description of, I presume, soccer as " the beautiful game", I find nothing whatever attractive in watching a vastly overpaid snarling, foul-mouthed youth by the name of Wayne Rooney ( to mention just one player )screaming abuse at a referee after having been given a yellow card.
Get real and start to appreciate skill when you see it.

Re: The "beautiful game"

[humphrey_clarke]

There seems little point arguing over subjective matters such as this. I would however point out, that were Wayne Rooney not playing football and earning millions, he would almost certainly be robbing your house right now. Be glad that he has a lucrative outlet for his yobbish tendancies.

Not Quite Sporting

[uncle_marshal]

Cricket was not always the current namby-pamby game played by girlie-men; afraid of a few drops of rain and liable to winge at the slightest opportunity

[anonymous]

Hi!

I'm an occasional visitor to your LJ, found it purely by chance via The Sinner community. You never cease to make me laugh with your observations on life. You should be writing! Get a publishing deal, you're wasted on meagre clerical work! :-)

Rose

[humphrey_clarke]

Cheers, sorry i'm slow to update these days. Its because i'm cronically lazy and have developed a telly addiction. Normal service will resume shortly.