Memes. Evil, nasty things, we hates them, but as my brain is in recover from three hours at the dentist mode again, and more importantly shock from seeing the “this is the bill for the work we’ve done so far”, a meme is about as good as it can get today. It’s all her fault anyway.
Seven Things To Do Before I Die
- Learn To Juggle With Five Balls
- Learn How To Perform Root Canal Surgery On Myself
- Page 72 (top left) Of Victoria’s Secret Fall 2005 Catalogue
- Visit Antarctica
- Complete A Marathon In Under Three Hours
- Be Able To Speak More Than Two Languages Fluently
- Convince A Vegan That This “Really Is” Tofu Steak
Seven Things I Cannot Do
- Dance (apparently)
- Afford To Eat Anything Containing Sucrose For At Least (ooh) Five Years. In fact, afford to eat, thieving bastard dentists.
- Sing Tunefully
- Watch Soap Operas
- Eat Brussels Sprouts
- Speak French Anymore
- Use Correct Punctuation/Grammar/Spelling etc.
Seven Things That Attract Me To…. Life In Germany
- Innate Sense Of Humour
- Lack Of Sense Of Personal Guilt About The Second World War Amongst The Under-25s
- Football Team Never Beats England At Penalties At Major Tournaments
- As Much Cabbage/Sausage/Knödel As You Can Eat
- Kehrwoche
- Getting Car Registration Plates That Say “Dachau” On Them
- Complete Absence Of Stereotyping
Seven Things I Say
- “Yes, lots of people think that, but actually…..”
- “Oh For Fuck’s Sake Boumsong! What was that? You useless tosser!”
- “Of course we’ll still be friends.”
- “No, no. That’s not a problem at all.”
- “Okay, one more, but that’s the last pint.”
- “It’s alright, lots of girls laugh when they see it for the first time.”
- “Eigentlich schon, aber….”
Seven Books That I Love
Alberts et al Molecular Biology Of The Cell2005:Blogged, obviously- Nick Hornby High Fidelity
- Sven Regener Herr Lehmann
- Heinz Guderain Errinerungen eines Soldaten
- Richard Dawkins The Blind Watchmaker
- The Oxford Dictionary Of Quotations
- Stephen King The Stand
Seven Movies That I’ve Loved (At Various Times).
- The Princess Bride
- Star Wars (the proper one)
- Just about any Harold Lloyd Film
- The Shawshank Redemption
- Trainspotting
- Double Indemnity
- Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Seven People To Tag
You’re going to have to argue amongst yourselves about that, I can’t be arsed to make any more choices.
German Word For Today: “sieben” - Deadly Sins
Song playing as this was published: 13th Floor Elevators “You’re Gonna Miss Me”
A marathon in under three hours - 3:30 would be good enough for me but it just doesn’t sound as good as that nice whole number: 3:00.
Karl: My university flatmate, friend and (damals) training partner did the London marathon and got horribly stuck amongst the large starting crowds and still managed a 2:39 finish. If I competitively run a marathon I have to be fully trained to get under three hours (a second will do). I did a 10k not so long ago and wasn’t really in top form and it took about 42′20″ - he’s mentioned it every time we’ve spoken since.
Of course, I actually have to finish a competitive marathon first…..
I’d just like to be able to run for the train from time to time and not have to lie down in an oxygen tent afterwards!
But believe it or not, in my youth I used to be in the Devon Cross Country Team………I’ve let myself go a bit since then 
Great, you just sent me into involuntary spasms at the mention of Alberts et al. Why not mention Scott Gilbert (not as rigorous but just as much fun to read) and complete my nightmare. I did like Ferris Bueller and High Fidelity though.
Ditto 820 on the Alberts (although in my case it was Essential Cell Biology, the title of which I later found out was two thirds accurate).
I came late to Bueller, but it does appeal. But what’s all this fuss about The Princess Bride? So many people I know used to (and probably still do) obsess about it. I’ve never seen it, but as the people who say I should also inflicted Labyrinth on me, I still haven’t.
“Page 72 (top left) Of Victoria’s Secret Fall 2005 Catalogue” - er, I hate to break it to you, but I’m not sure it would fit. We are talking the polyamide-elastine blend underwired minimiser bra with integral suppression technology, aren’t we? Oh, hang on, seventy two. [very crude line omitted]
Of course I’ve no idea what top-left-72 looks like as the nearest I’ve got to a Victoria’s Secret catalogue is a Sale Items listing for Robert Dyas. Which isn’t quite the same, but half the stuff in it does seem to come with a built-in laser (but maybe they come as standard in bras now, as well as tape measures).
Haddock: You mean “I’ve got fat” don’t you? Me too, me too, I’m just over six foot two and have balooned to twelve and a half stone - the training starts
tomorrow, er, soon.820: Bit too specifically Developmental, the old Gilbert. He has some nice quotes though… Actually, for a basic read for “intelligent idiots”, Wolpert’s “Principles Of Development” is very nice and he gives a great lecture.
820 And Anyhoo: Bueller , Bueller, anyone? It just hit the video store at the right time, when I was just the right age. I wanted to be Ferris, but was probably Cameron. High Fidelity (the book at least, is just scarily spot on) and The Princess Bride? It’s a film from a certain age for people of a certain age (you’re too young). But there exists a subset of females, females that like biochemists that can quote “My name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die.” who like it too, always say “Princess Bride” or “Groundhog Day” to such women when asked your favourite film. Apart from that it was filmed 2 to 15 miles awy from where I grew up - I could drag my Princess Buttercup along the moors away from the Cliffs of Insanity. You’ll probably not get a proper answer from me on this. But do I get a post card and if so, do you want a copy of the DVD? - I have two (as in High Fidelity, in case I lend one to someone and they don’t return it).
Are you sure about p72 (of the VS fall 2005 catalouge)? I have just discovered that it is possible to go through the catalouge on line and despite being incredibly tasteless the pink zebra striped flannel PJs are not even vaugley racy. Now page 72 of the autumn 2005 sale catalouge is a different matte altogether.
Obelix: Bugger! Really? And here was me just picking a number at random.
I mean it’s the personality of the girl that shines through that matters, not the skimpiness of the underwear. Right?
You mean this girl? Her stomach looks weird.
Not sure about that, the personality of anyone who feels the need to wear bright pink zebra stripped flannel PJ’s must be called into question.
EasyJetsetter: What stomach?
Obelix: Too true. Next time I will not just invent a page number, but actually do some research. But do you know how much they charge to send that catalogue to Germany?
Yes, yes, it’s available online, but facts, eh? Anyway, they made her wear those PJs - her real character shines through in her, you know, eyes - whatever she wears. And the character I’m thinking of is probably illegal outside of Scandinavia and the Netherlands anyway……
*Runs to get calculator to figure out exactly how much 12 1/2 stone is and is shocked to find that she too has ‘let herself go’* Germany will do that to a person.
But I’m certainly relieved that I’m not the only one who enjoys Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.
What stomach?
My point exactly. That’s not natural.
I can only agree with you about the Knödel
Oh, is that where the “you killed my whatever, prepare to die” comes from?
Too young? Not sure I believe you, but unintentional flattery is always good.
You’ll probably not get a proper answer from me on this - which bit won’t you answer?
Postcard: of course you get one. You won didn’t you? Although I might need your address at some point.
DVD? That to 820 or me?