St. Patrick's Sober Weekender Thread Part 1
That bell or bike person
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To throw ones toys out the pram = to have a have a childish temper tantrum
A pram is short for a perambulator, i think, a baby stroller or carry-cot on wheels is the american version .. kinda old upside down snail shaped contraption on 4 wheels for wheeling babies around in . people tend to have buggies nowadays tho'
A pram is short for a perambulator, i think, a baby stroller or carry-cot on wheels is the american version .. kinda old upside down snail shaped contraption on 4 wheels for wheeling babies around in . people tend to have buggies nowadays tho'
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Originally Posted by Soberpotamus 
I think I'm going to tell them today this is not the kind of job I had in mind when I applied. I don't want to go back in there today at all. I'm dreading it. I hate feeling this way. It makes me want to crawl into a hole and die. And that's never a good state of mind for me.
Could you just call in sick?
I've never been a good employee- I have to have a lot of freedom or work for myself like I do now, then I'm fine.
I had this one job that was more soul crushing than the others.
I would sit in the parking lot looking at the building in my car, then just drive away and call in sick......
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Originally Posted by LBrain
From women, those purveyors of wisdom, the indisputable champions of common sense, and the preeminent practitioners of logic throughout the ages, I bring you this gem:
A few days ago the wife asked me what I wanted for my birthday. "I already told you I don't want a present for my birthday." Well, there seems to a rule somewhere that everyone has to get a present, blah-blah-blah. I told you a month ago I wanted a fishing rod and reel.
Tell me what you want and I'll get it for you. Uh, I can just get it myself but thanks... No!, write down the model number and all the details and I'll get it for your birthday. Well, can't I just get it for myself and call it my birthday present?
DRUM ROLL.............................................. .................................................. .................................................. ..................................................
"If you got it for yourself, it wouldn't be a surprise."
I know you men are laughing at this point. For you women it's like I'm going to market and I ask you if you need anything before I leave and you say, yes, pick up a quart of milk. And when I return from the market you are so surprised that I brought home a quart of milk.
So anyway, I get into the discussion of it not being a surprise if I wrote down the exact model number and details, the website etc...and which credit card to use. You getting all this?
Well, I'm not sure if I won that debate or not.
Then it occurred to me. It started to make perfect sense.
The surprise would be that SHE ACTUALLY ORDERED THE MODEL I WANTED and on the day after my birthday I wouldn't have to return it.
Now I get it. SURPRISE!
btw - you do not have permission to use my material....
A few days ago the wife asked me what I wanted for my birthday. "I already told you I don't want a present for my birthday." Well, there seems to a rule somewhere that everyone has to get a present, blah-blah-blah. I told you a month ago I wanted a fishing rod and reel.
Tell me what you want and I'll get it for you. Uh, I can just get it myself but thanks... No!, write down the model number and all the details and I'll get it for your birthday. Well, can't I just get it for myself and call it my birthday present?
DRUM ROLL.............................................. .................................................. .................................................. ..................................................
"If you got it for yourself, it wouldn't be a surprise."
I know you men are laughing at this point. For you women it's like I'm going to market and I ask you if you need anything before I leave and you say, yes, pick up a quart of milk. And when I return from the market you are so surprised that I brought home a quart of milk.
So anyway, I get into the discussion of it not being a surprise if I wrote down the exact model number and details, the website etc...and which credit card to use. You getting all this?
Well, I'm not sure if I won that debate or not.
Then it occurred to me. It started to make perfect sense.
The surprise would be that SHE ACTUALLY ORDERED THE MODEL I WANTED and on the day after my birthday I wouldn't have to return it.
Now I get it. SURPRISE!
btw - you do not have permission to use my material....
Don't be a stick in the mud; let her do something nice for you on your birthday!
Mesa- I would've been happy with crock pot
Brain- I would've been happy with the diamonds.
I tend to enjoy presents!
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Beautiful pic mesa!
I keep meaning to try going to bed earlier to start waking up at sunrise, but it never happens.
I've always been a night owl.
I was up until 3 last night kinda organizing my deep south road trip in my head.
Glad to rate myself a ZERO on the hangover meter!
I keep meaning to try going to bed earlier to start waking up at sunrise, but it never happens.
I've always been a night owl.
I was up until 3 last night kinda organizing my deep south road trip in my head.
Glad to rate myself a ZERO on the hangover meter!
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I posted this for my dec 2014 class before, and I just posted it on trach's misfit island- so I'm gonna leave it for my beloved weekenders too.
Kinda dumb but really funny!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zRpsRKuyi3Y
Kinda dumb but really funny!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zRpsRKuyi3Y
Giving up is NOT an option.
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I'm kind of in favor of making your wishes known for gifts. I have gotten some pretty dumb things, because I said things like "oh, I don't need/want anything." Like the "Thaw Master." It was a sheet of some sort of metal that was supposed to thaw frozen meat faster, through some sort of heat induction mumbo jumbo. I cried, and it went back, to be replaced with what I had really wanted, but was too shy to ask for. A really cool jewelry box covered with old Chinese newspapers. I still have and use that, to hold all of the mostly unwanted and unworn jewelry I have also received over the years.
saoutchik
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I'm a former 308LB er Mecanex so I know how easy it is to get there - just take it slowly and it the weight does go
How annoying is this - I witnessed a drunken fight last so I did what everyone does and filmed it. Now the Police have taken my phone - it was only 4min 8 secs, I could have stuck it on an attachment, talk about useless!
Still - it is nearly the weekend
How annoying is this - I witnessed a drunken fight last so I did what everyone does and filmed it. Now the Police have taken my phone - it was only 4min 8 secs, I could have stuck it on an attachment, talk about useless!
Still - it is nearly the weekend
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Originally Posted by Melina
Hey HaF, I'm sorry you're still having cravings, I'm glad you're not giving in!
Maybe gross yourself out to kill them once and for all? Like watch videos of alcoholic seizures and withdrawals? Gruesome, but maybe a little aversion therapy will knock those stupid cravings out of your system.
Xoxo so glad you're not drinking!!
Maybe gross yourself out to kill them once and for all? Like watch videos of alcoholic seizures and withdrawals? Gruesome, but maybe a little aversion therapy will knock those stupid cravings out of your system.
Xoxo so glad you're not drinking!!
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When will you get your phone back Sao? That is really annoying. 4 minutes and 8 seconds doesn't seem like a lot of time but it actually is. Hopefully no one was seriously injured in the brawl you witnessed.
Lunch time. I'm not sure what I want to eat. I've been starving all morning, especially after eating a big bowl of oatmeal with cranberries, almonds and brown sugar. Eating breakfast makes me more hungry.
Lunch time. I'm not sure what I want to eat. I've been starving all morning, especially after eating a big bowl of oatmeal with cranberries, almonds and brown sugar. Eating breakfast makes me more hungry.
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Hi, I am hanging out on the bus this weekend. St Pat's has always been just another day to me, drinking or not. So...not!!
I have no hope of catching up, but I wish I could--just because I know how much I would laugh! But alas, I will just pop in and out.
Things are good with me. The job pressure is a bit relieved, kind of back to normal. I am eating well, sleeping well, and beginning to expand my random walks into a recognizable routine instead of only bolting for the door as a panic antidote.
Life is GOOD.
I have no hope of catching up, but I wish I could--just because I know how much I would laugh! But alas, I will just pop in and out.
Things are good with me. The job pressure is a bit relieved, kind of back to normal. I am eating well, sleeping well, and beginning to expand my random walks into a recognizable routine instead of only bolting for the door as a panic antidote.
Life is GOOD.
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