This, I believe, is why they send FAOs to language school. (Warning, LW snorted her wine with this one.)
Showing posts with label humor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label humor. Show all posts
Friday, September 12, 2008
Monday, September 8, 2008
Whoops (again...)
Today was a big milestone in my ankle's recovery. I ran for 30 minutes on the treadmill. While I really prefer not to use them, I did it for a reason. I wanted a nice even running surface so I wouldn't have to worry about turning my ankle again. Basically, I wanted to baby it. And I did. And it felt fine. Stiff but fine. I'll venture out onto the trails again soon.
One of the nice aspects of running on a treadmill is that there are usually other people around. And sometimes they're quite humorous.
In the gym there are 2 rows of 3 treadmills, with 4 bicycles and about 10 ellipticals behind them. I got a late start to the gym today, so by the time I got there I had to grab the last open treadmill in the back row, far right. I got it set up and went to plug my headphones into the audio jack and alas, no audio.
So I was left with a choice of watching one of three TV programs-with no sound:
It soon became obvious that the gentleman using the front left most treadmill was a big Chicago Bears fan. Every time something went their way, he'd let out a little cheer, every time something went wrong, a little exasperated sigh. This was going on for some time and it was really entertaining.
Everything was going swimmingly right until there was a "big play." I don't recall if it was a touchdown, interception, fumble, dropped pass or maybe a safety. What made it so entertaining was that as this was going on the poor guy ran off the side of his treadmill and tried to take a header into the control panel. Luckily he failed in his attempt and got right back up running again.
Nothing is more humorous than the travails of others.
So, I guess running on the treadmill isn't 100% safe either.
One of the nice aspects of running on a treadmill is that there are usually other people around. And sometimes they're quite humorous.
In the gym there are 2 rows of 3 treadmills, with 4 bicycles and about 10 ellipticals behind them. I got a late start to the gym today, so by the time I got there I had to grab the last open treadmill in the back row, far right. I got it set up and went to plug my headphones into the audio jack and alas, no audio.
So I was left with a choice of watching one of three TV programs-with no sound:
- analysis of the presidential election on a news channel,
- a rebroadcast of the Bears vs. Colts game from Sunday night, or
- some movie that I couldn't identify.
It soon became obvious that the gentleman using the front left most treadmill was a big Chicago Bears fan. Every time something went their way, he'd let out a little cheer, every time something went wrong, a little exasperated sigh. This was going on for some time and it was really entertaining.
Everything was going swimmingly right until there was a "big play." I don't recall if it was a touchdown, interception, fumble, dropped pass or maybe a safety. What made it so entertaining was that as this was going on the poor guy ran off the side of his treadmill and tried to take a header into the control panel. Luckily he failed in his attempt and got right back up running again.
Nothing is more humorous than the travails of others.
So, I guess running on the treadmill isn't 100% safe either.
Friday, July 11, 2008
Uh-oh
I think someone stuck a hidden camera in a staff meeting:
In The Know: Situation In Nigeria Seems Pretty Complex
In The Know: Situation In Nigeria Seems Pretty Complex
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