Comments on: Call of the wild

By: Ben

Tue, 06 May 2008 10:14:17 +0000

That is not subtle at all.
Unless you are referring to mothers day.
I hope you are, other wise, I will have to do some thing nasty to Justine.
She is Lieing (deserves capitalisation) btw.

By: Adam

Tue, 06 May 2008 10:10:30 +0000

not at all… I’ve tried to keep to keep the overlap as small as possible (there are a few strips that appear in both).

hopefully, and I say this with the caveat of ‘all going well’ I’m hoping to launch the new book next Sunday.

That’ll be it’s birthday… seems like a good day for it to me.

By: Ben

Tue, 06 May 2008 10:08:25 +0000

In a public food court I worked in (both as a cleaner and builder), we had similar rules.
Homeless people and junkies regularly broke many of the rules.
It wouldn’t be so bad, except alot of these ppl are taking advantage of the easy access, rather then seeking the help that is freely and readily available to them from volunteer and government organisations.
I would some times feel like a prick kicking them out, but not when I had to clean up the filth they left behind. When they left needles, I was just angry.

By: Ben

Tue, 06 May 2008 10:04:31 +0000

haha, yes it does.
Will I be greedy for ordering a copy from the new editions?
When will you have your shop up and running?

By: Adam

Tue, 06 May 2008 09:56:50 +0000

yay!

The postal system works.

And that’s it Ben, you have the last one of the first edition of the FU book…

I only have one copy left that I’ll be keeping for my own ends.

I hope you like it, by the way… I know some of the stuff in it is pretty old now. You know, like the first few episodes of The Simpsons – It’s nearly right, but the voices are all over the place and the art isn’t quite on spec?

By: the unneccessary hub cab

Sun, 04 May 2008 16:52:27 +0000

every single one of those rules have been broken by the hoboes of my city.

Libraries are like hobo hotels i suppose.

By: Ben

Sun, 04 May 2008 03:56:06 +0000

I am fairly sure that those rules are standard for alot of public/semi public places.

I have a photo I took of a license charter for a bar in a food court which states that patrons must consume alcohol.

By: Ben

Sun, 04 May 2008 03:45:14 +0000

Adam, I love you.
I got my book today.
I am still a thousand k away from it, but you made my day so much better.
It is waiting for me at mum’s house on a shelf in my old room.
When I am home in 3 weeks, I will read it then.
Thank you sooooo much!

By: Philippa

Sat, 03 May 2008 20:14:40 +0000

Maybe they were originally designed specifically for Steve Irwin, to help in his escapades of reptile wrestling madness.

By: Philippa

Fri, 02 May 2008 17:32:09 +0000

I love that sound.
I mean
You’re not going to win any stealth or ninja prizes
But nevertheless
I like it.

By: justine

Fri, 02 May 2008 14:22:54 +0000

this is true. i am yet to find a pair.

By: Joseph Hewitt

Fri, 02 May 2008 14:22:36 +0000

The shoes are mostly for young children, so we don’t get many of them at school. By the time a child turns 5 or 6 they’re suddenly capable of annoying themselves with the incessant squeaking.

By: Seraphine

Fri, 02 May 2008 14:08:57 +0000

I’d love heels that don’t go
clock-clock-clock when you walk.

By: justine

Fri, 02 May 2008 10:58:44 +0000

makes it sound like i went to the library specifically to rehearse a monologue for an upcoming dramatic performance.

By: Adam

Fri, 02 May 2008 07:58:23 +0000

Yeah, you’d think that one of the only good, free things to do when you are homeless is go and read in the library…

I had a sliding scale, especially when we could heat our flat:

Fully broke – read in the library for warmth and entertainment.
Slightly broke – read in the local cafe, with a warm drink
Not broke – watch TV at home.

I was smarter when I was poorer.

I also like the arbitary nature of the hygeine rule. Who decides where the line is? You smell bad, but not bad enough to be thrown out. ‘Is that your own faeces on your shirt?’. Seriously, it is a little offensive and exclusive… but that’s what you get when you leave anti-social geeks in charge of a building full of books.

By: Adam

Fri, 02 May 2008 07:52:17 +0000

Ha. It’s a good way of herding the kids… even a blind person could do it.

Do they wear them to school? I think the teachers would have to have a very stable disposition not to go and lose it some day.

I love the idea of giving presents as personal attacks to friends and families… even better if you can make someone else happy with it too.

By: Adam

Fri, 02 May 2008 07:36:57 +0000

Harsh… or you could be the one drinking beer, at six of the AM… works for me.

By: The Great Joe Bivins

Fri, 02 May 2008 03:41:46 +0000

A bunch of those library rules are clearly designed to keep homeless people out. I find that to be rude.

By: Joseph Hewitt

Thu, 01 May 2008 23:49:45 +0000

Over here in the hermit kingdom they sell children’s shoes with squeaky things in the soles. That way, every time your child moves everyone in the immediate vicinity knows about it. Add a few more kids with squeaky shoes and the playground will start to sound like a poorly tuned brass band being strangled by a troupe of howler monkeys.

I’ve given these shoes as presents to children I like with parents I have some kind of grudge against. My niece has two pairs.

By: franzy

Thu, 01 May 2008 21:24:07 +0000

Oh my me. That is fucking hysterical. Makes getting up at 6am to go to a uni videolink with your stupid backwards and behind country a lot easier to bear.
Why couldn’t WE be the ones staying back late? I bet they’re drinking beer while we’re choking down vending machine coffee.

Just replace ‘Patrons’ with ‘Thou’ and you got the US in a handy little title