Spudrick68
Justified & Ancient
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She wasn't a replicant though...was she?
Are you saying Nora Batty had a silly name?
Ah so a post stays up even when you are editing it ... Two likes and I hadn't got to the punch line lol ...
If I'd been in time to like it before you were done editing, you would have had three likes—it was the bit about your dad being able to sleep on a washing line.Ah so a post stays up even when you are editing it ... Two likes and I hadn't got to the punch line lol ...
Sollywos x
We librarians know that books are the answer to everything!!
We laughed and just saw it as a coincidence ... one of those things that happen from time to time.
Sollywos x
You didn't happen to notice the title, did you? I don't think I want to check that one out.a fight in a library, blokey defending himself against a dagger with a book and eventually killed his apponent by shoving the book in his mouth!!
You didn't happen to notice the title, did you? I don't think I want to check that one out.
It's a minor coincidence if that!I was driving through a part of the country an old friend of mine was from. Fortunately/unfortunately he used to bare a striking resemblance to Bono. A style he cultivated in the early days {before Bono disappeared up his own backside}of U2. I was laughing to myself when I turned on the radio and yes u2 were on.
Here ya go!You didn't happen to notice the title, did you? I don't think I want to check that one out.
Bono Bono Bono Bono
I wanna see that
I like U2.
Maybe he should try try flat no 3A next time, in the way that some British streets have a 12A rather than a 13...I love this thread, and as I met up with an old pal earlier on this week and had a curious conversation about the number 4, I thought I’d post it on here
My friend worked for a large company in which he is based in their Singapore offices. He’s been out there for several years and was doing very well, he’s been promoted twice in that time, and his salary has far exceeded his expectations, to the extent that he managed to pay off all debts including a large mortgage to a house he owns in Kent
Two years ago (in Singapore) he moved to new rented apartment which was numbered 4, apparently the number 4 is considered to be very unlucky in Singaporean culture, insomuch so that the guy who owned the apartment refused to put the number on the front door or on the outside intercom system.
Because of the lack of number my friend started to have issues with delivery’s, so he decided to buy a number 4 and attach it to the door himself , also he had printed on a strip of paper his name and door number, which he inserted in the relevant space in the intercom.
Shortly after doing that, his life started to turn sour. He lost his job due to his company “changing strategy”, he soon found a new job, but that only lasted a few months as the parent company who owned the operation, decided to pull out of the region.
His Father who was in good health died suddenly, his cat died suddenly for no explicable reason (according to a vet) the apartment had continuing infestations of a large flying insects which couldn’t be determined how they were getting into the flat, the house in which he owned in Kent caught fire and the insurance co were delaying in paying the claim, and the most devastating of all, his wife left him and returned to the UK.
He took some advice from his neighbours, who told him to ditch the door number and the printed slip on the intercom, a few weeks after doing that his life turned around again. He was offered new job (still in Singapore) that came with a very good salary, and after much long distance heart to hearts with his wife, she agreed to go back to him, and to top it off the Insurance Co eventually agreed to pay out the claim for the fire.
He’s not normally superstitious, but he told me that a snowball has as much chance in hell, than him putting up the number 4 again on any part of that apartment lol
The Malaysian building in which I am writing has floor 3A and also 13A (I should check for 23A next time I'm in the lift...). I used to visit a place here that not only had 3A but also 12A: avoiding two unlucky numbers.Maybe he should try try flat no 3A next time, in the way that some British streets have a 12A rather than a 13...
Never could explain this payphone incident. Saturday night out with friends, we decide to call my friend Al to see if he wants to join us. This was in England long before mobile phones, so we had to use one of the iconic red phone booths. Someone was already using it so we had to wait a few minutes. Guy leaves and we cram in the booth. Now, in those days, in order to make a call you would first get a dial tone, then call the number. When the person answered you would hear a bunch of beeps at which point you insert the coins. So I pick up the phone but hear no dial tone. I hang the phone up and try again. Still no dial tone. Seems to be still connected to the previous call. I say "hello" to see if anyone is still on the line. Person answers "hello?" It was my friend Al. He had just picked up his phone to make a call, and somehow, miraculously, without even dialing his number, we were connected. We all went to the pub after and tried to figure out how the hell this happened, but it remains a mystery. If I did not have my friends with me at the time as witnesses, I would have believed it was my mind paying tricks on me.