Comments on: A few things you don't want to know about me

By: Grandad

Grandad — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 13:01:57 +0000

@Dario – I must admit that rugby was the only thing I ever skipped off school for. Our coach judged players at the end of the game by how muck mud they had on them, so I just rolled in the mud at the start. It all seemed a bit pointless.
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@Michele – revenge is sweet
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@Nancy – Yes, Sandy is the real love of my life [don't tell herself]. As for Ulysses – you must be joking! She did a thesis on Ulysses for her doctorate. She’s into Plato at the moment [in the original Greek].

By: Nancy Leitz

Nancy Leitz — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 00:36:14 +0000

Grandad,

Remember what Rodney Dangerfield said about his parents not wanting him?

He said he got his first clue when his bath toys were a radio and a toaster.

They couldn’t hold that good man down either. He ended up very successful .

Now, I LOVE your dog,Sandy. Thanks for the link. It was fun to read about
her and the picture of her reading the book was neat. I know you said she was smart, but isn’t
Ulysses a bit beyond her?

By: Michele Neylon

Michele Neylon — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 23:04:27 +0000

It explains a lot.
Your childhood trauma has led to you traumatising the blogosphere in your Golden Years

By: Dario Sanchez

Dario Sanchez — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 19:35:51 +0000

I too played rugby, with Cavan Rugby Club for two and a half years. In those two and a half years, I was used as a last minute substitute to run down time, or to hassle the opposition’s flowing game with stupid high tackles.

I never scored a try either. I once agreed to pay somebody 50 euro if we were playing a hopeless team to pass me the ball if they were over the try line, but that didn’t work either.

Glory-seeking bastards.

By: Grandad

Grandad — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 19:07:53 +0000

@Flirty – I don’t know what it is about your comments, but they all get marked down as spam! Are you in the habit of normally spamming? I nearly deleted you, which you would have found very painful.
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Frankly, the unwanted bit never bothered me. I mean to say – I’m here, so why worry! And anyway it was great for morally blackmailing my mother in later years -
“Hey – remember that time you scarred me for life by telling me I was unwanted? Well, my psychiatrist tells me I might get someway towards forgiveness if you……”
You get the idea

By: Grandad

Grandad — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 18:12:37 +0000

@Popeye – you sound like an exciting sort of person to have around? Never a dull moment!!
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@Laurie – I’m sorry about that. It was only when I started writing that I discovered how boring I was, and had to keep going.

By: Laurie

Laurie — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 17:31:25 +0000

i’m reading and reading and thinking, man, i had no idea ten was such a big number.

and then of course it was 15.

By: irishflirtysomething

irishflirtysomething — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 16:11:05 +0000

Ah Grandad, my father told me one Christmas day over the turkey that I was a mistake too. I don’t think it has had any lasting impact – other than the inability to hold down a job or a man.

By: popeyemoon

popeyemoon — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 15:48:26 +0000

I had to dowse in one job i had.I was doddlebugging, but i used pin flags.Instead of locating water i was locating my shot holes, so i could hook up to my charges between 5 & 20 pounds of plastic explosive.We were looking for oil.and the reason we dowse everything was hidden by mud from drilling 100 feet down,I quit after a 20 pound charge floated blew a hole you could put a truck in it.

By: Grandad

Grandad — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 14:32:27 +0000

Was that Boscastle?
Nah. Cheddar. I think it was 1968.
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As far as I know, the flags are an option with WordPress – FireStats plugin.