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Sunday, February 28, 2010
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
All right, enjoy the scenic route then
As I'm unlocking my bike across the street from Trinity Great Gate, a man on a bike stops by me -
Man: "Excuse me, can you tell me where St John's College is?"
Me: [pointing at the very nearby main gate, right in front of us] "It's that big building right over there."
Man: "On the left?...er...right?"
Me: "On the left, yes."
Man: "On the right?"
Me: "On the left. That big gate with gold designs over it, see, right there."
Man: "Okay, thank you."
As I watch, he cycles off (the wrong way up a one-way street) and turns off... to the right.
Man: "Excuse me, can you tell me where St John's College is?"
Me: [pointing at the very nearby main gate, right in front of us] "It's that big building right over there."
Man: "On the left?...er...right?"
Me: "On the left, yes."
Man: "On the right?"
Me: "On the left. That big gate with gold designs over it, see, right there."
Man: "Okay, thank you."
As I watch, he cycles off (the wrong way up a one-way street) and turns off... to the right.
Labels: fail, persistence, spatial awareness
Friday, February 19, 2010
Overheard in Primark
"I should totally be the new Trinny & Susannah."
- hipster boy wearing girls' jeans and a beret
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In the far end of the women's changing rooms, a loud conversation starts up in (as far as I can recognise) Cantonese. The cubicles next to me house a group of English teenagers -
Girl: "Uh, are they taking the piss or are they speaking, like... a language?"
Friend: "Shhh! ... I know what you mean though."
- hipster boy wearing girls' jeans and a beret
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In the far end of the women's changing rooms, a loud conversation starts up in (as far as I can recognise) Cantonese. The cubicles next to me house a group of English teenagers -
Girl: "Uh, are they taking the piss or are they speaking, like... a language?"
Friend: "Shhh! ... I know what you mean though."