What’s In My Bag?
September 14, 2007
Now we come to a portion of the blog that I like to call “What’s In My Bag”, where I zzzzzzzzzzzzz…..
Mints, Extra Strong
USB memory stick (containing posts, contacts, CV, including my great British novel – have I mentioned?)
Gum, Sugar free
Ventolin inhaler
Nachos and cake
Ipod
Laptop
Two spiral bound A5 notepads
Three number two pencils
Sunglasses and case
Keys
Phone
Office swipe card and digital secure network login gizmo
Umbrella
Four bottlenose dolphins
What do you want from me? It’s Friday.
Coincidence and a song tomorrow - it’s like the blogging equivalent of a Kinder surprise.
Have a good weekend.
23 comments
Just how big is this bag?
It’s a big bag. A big manly bag. What are you saying?
Is it a man bag?
If you can’t put it on your back and it doesn’t have at least four secure safety straps, it’s a man bag.
Tell me it at least has a secret compartment or two?
Is that a school of dolphins that you have there, would you say?
Have a good weekend, Cliff.
I wondered what kind of bag could hold that amount of junk even before I spotted the dolphins. I wasn’t making any insinuations, I promise. I’m just coveting your bag.
Angry – It’s more of a professional effect transportation system. Manbag my arse.
Katy – It’s a pod, technically. Everyone loves a pedant.
Thanks Ed – You too. You’ll appreciate the weekend song, in particular by the way. I’ve already said to much.
Wendy – A big manly one. For men.
what’s a number two pencil?
A pencil that poos.
Nachos and cake? Odd combination. Sounds tasty, though. Do you have a photo of your bag?
I believe you will find that both are correct.
ACTUALLY.
Yeah.
Mark Twain once received this telegram from a publisher:
NEED 2-PAGE SHORT STORY TWO DAYS.
He responded:
NO CAN DO 2 PAGES TWO DAYS. CAN DO 30 PAGES 2 DAYS. NEED 30 DAYS TO DO 2 PAGES.
You can throw out two paragraphs in 40 minutes and have 15 comments follow. I’m not even sure Twain could do that.
Wow Ed – now I feel bad about lying about the dolphins. Thanks a lot. Being compared to one of your heroes is hard to be humble about. Two days, huh? What is it, Saturday? I’ll do a two page short story for Monday.
Iain – number two pencil posts here and here.
Hey that wasn’t a challenge, man, that was just an observation;)
Yeah, but now I want to do that too.
Don[’t be writing one about the jumping frog contest in Calaveras County. I’m thinking that one’s been done.
I like that one. Mysterious Stranger, too.
After Ed’s comment I like to think that I get no comments because I put a tremendous amount of thought and effort into my posts – sure, I could pander to the lowest common denominator, but it’s all about the music man, I wouldn’t want to compromise my styles.
But really Cliff – two notepads, three pencils AND a laptop?
Sam, I didn’t even know you had a blog.
Katy, are you admonishing poor Cliff for writing about dolphins? As I recall, your last entry was not ABOUT spiders, but directed TO spiders.
What do you call a group of spiders? A gaggle? A funnel? A Web? a bunch? Too many?
Sam – I’m on the cusp of a new notepad. I have three pencils because they can break. I use a laptop because I have a blog so it has to go into a computer at some stage. Also – you’re blog’s great and people should read it.
A number two pencil.
It’s what mathematicians work it out with when they’re constipated.
Yes yes, gross.
I’ve never seen a group of spiders together, it’s not a term I’ve had to use. Do they ever congregate? They seem like remarkably solitary creatures to me…probably because people stand on them a lot, it’s like the royal family all travelling in separate cars.
Leave a comment. Play nice. I will turn this blog around.